肉苁蓉
| Name (CN) | 肉苁蓉 (Ròu cōng róng) |
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| Synonyms (CN) | 大云、大芸、寸云、寸芸、淡大云、淡苁蓉、酒苁蓉、肉松蓉、金筍、金笋、纵容、肉松容、碧水龙、黑司命、纵蓉、地精、马足、马芝 |
| Name (EN) | Desertliving Cistanche Herb, Desertliving Cistanche, Herba Cistanches, Cistanche Deserticola Y.C. Ma\/Cistanche Tubulosa (Schrenk) Wight |
| Scientific name(s) | Cistanches Herba |
| Used section | Dry fleshy stems with scaly leaves |
| Taste | Sweet、Salty |
| Channel Tropism | Induce in the kidney and large intestine meridians. |
| Cold/Hot properties | Warm |
| Group | Plant [Vegetables And Products] |
| Origin | This product is the dried fleshy stem with scaly leaves of Cistanche deserticoLa Y.C. Ma or Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight, family Lietanaceae. |
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| Function and treatment | Tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening the intestines and relieving constipation. For deficiency of kidney yang, deficiency of essence and blood, impotence and infertility, soreness of the waist and knees, weakness of the muscles and bones, dryness and constipation of the intestines. |
| Origin and best harvesting period | Mainly produced in Inner Mongolia (Azorqi), Gansu (Changma) and Xinjiang. Harvest in spring when the seedlings first emerge from the soil or in autumn before the tundra freezes, remove the stem tips. Cut into sections and dried in the sun. |