The efficacy, effects and contraindications of Cuscuta

Many people are not familiar with Cuscuta australis. It has a very good effect in treating diseases, and Cuscuta australis can improve many diseases of the human body. Therefore, you can choose it with confidence. But what are the effects, functions and contraindications of Cuscuta australis? This is also something that many people don’t understand well. Before choosing it, you should have a good understanding of this aspect.

So what are the specific effects, functions and contraindications of Cuscuta? A detailed introduction is given below. However, it should be noted that when choosing it, you cannot use it indiscriminately, as this will not do any good to your health.

The efficacy, effects and contraindications of Cuscuta:

Efficacy and function

1. It nourishes the kidney and replenishes essence, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight, strengthens the spleen and consolidates the fetus.

2. It is mainly used to treat low back pain, tinnitus, impotence, spermatorrhea, diabetes, infertility, enuresis, leukorrhea, dizziness, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and restless fetus.

Taboo

It is forbidden to be taken by those with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, strong yang but not impotence, and dry and hard stool.

Additional prescription

1. To tonify kidney qi, strengthen yang, aid spirit, and lighten waist and legs: one catty of Cuscuta seeds (clean, boil with wine, mash into cakes, and dry), four ounces of Aconite (processed). Grind them into powder, mix with wine paste to make pills the size of walnuts, take 50 pills with wine. (Dodder Seed Pills from Bian Que's Heart Book)

2. To treat low back pain: Take equal parts of Cuscuta australis (soaked in wine) and Eucommia ulmoides (peeled and stir-fried until the fibers are broken). Grind it into fine powder and make pills as big as walnuts with yam paste. Take 50 pills each time, with salt wine or salt soup. (《One Hundred and One Prescriptions》)

3. To treat cold pain in the waist and knees, or numbness and weakness in men: 50 grams of Cuscuta (washed), 50 grams of Achyranthes bidentata. Soak in wine for five days, dry in the sun, grind into powder, add a little more alcohol to the original wine to make a paste, and make into pills as big as barrels. Take 20 pills with an empty stomach and wine. (《Experience Behind》)

The above is an introduction to the effects, functions and contraindications of Cuscuta. When choosing it, you must pay attention to its contraindications, so that it will be of great help in the treatment of diseases. At the same time, in terms of usage, you can follow the above prescriptions, so that you can get good results in the treatment of diseases.