What are the effects and functions of Epimedium?

Epimedium is a common Chinese medicine in daily life. It grows under forests or in the shade and wet places on hillsides and has high nutritional value. But what are the effects and functions of Epimedium? Most people don't quite understand this. In fact, epimedium has the following four effects and functions for human health. First of all, it can treat impotence and premature ejaculation.

1. The efficacy and function of Epimedium

In the prescription of epimedium, some people write it as Xianlingpi, and many people write it as Yanghuoye. Epimedium: spicy, sweet and warm in nature, enters the liver and kidney meridians. The whole plant can be used for medicinal purposes, mainly treating impotence, premature ejaculation, low back pain, leg pain, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia, neurasthenia, forgetfulness, tinnitus, dizziness and other symptoms. Epimedium is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine. It nourishes the kidney and strengthens yang, dispels wind and dampness. It is used to treat impotence, hemiplegia, dribbling urination, muscle and bone spasms, cough, amblyopia after illness, toothache due to deficiency of fire, hemiplegia, weakness of the waist and knees, rheumatic pain, and numbness of the limbs.

1. Ben Jing: It is used to treat impotence, injury of the penis, and pain in the penis. It promotes urination, increases energy and strengthens the will.

2. "Bielu": Strengthens muscles and bones. It can cure scrofula, red carbuncle, and sores in the lower part of the body. Wash them and expel the worms.

3. "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): It can cure all kinds of cold wind and fatigue, nourish the waist and knees, strengthen the heart, treat men with impotence, women with impotence, muscle and bone spasms, weakness of limbs, dizziness in the elderly, and forgetfulness in the middle-aged.

4. "Introduction to Medicine": Nourishes kidney deficiency and boosts yang. Treats hemiplegia, paralysis of hands and feet, and numbness of skin on the limbs.

2. Contraindications of using Epimedium

Epimedium is generally taken as a Chinese herbal medicine. 3 grams of dried epimedium, 5 wolfberries, and 1 gram of sea ginseng are soaked in water and taken together. It can cure impotence due to kidney deficiency, stranguria, cough, rheumatism and pain. However, not everyone is suitable for taking Epimedium. Generally, people with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it. It is recorded in "Bencao Jingshu" that "false yang is easy to erect, nocturnal emissions do not stop, urine is red and mouth is dry, strong yang is not impotent and they are all to be avoided." In addition, the alcohol extract of this product has an antagonistic effect on catecholamines, and its effect is similar to that of propranolol, so it should not be used together with propranolol.