Rou Cong Rong
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Other names : Cistanches Herba, nikujuyō, yukjongyong, cistanche; fleshy stem of broomrape, 肉蓯蓉
Cistanche is a hardy, shrub-like plant native to the desert regions of Mongolia and northern China. It is shaped somewhat like a cross between a pine cone and a pineapple, with thick, fleshy stems and large, yellow flowers that grow smaller as the plant's apex. The stems are gathered in the spring, dried in the sun and cut into slices for medicinal use.
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Special Precautions of Rou Cong Rong
Contraindicated in those with diarrhea from weak Stomach or Spleen and in those with patterns of yin deficiency and heat signs.
Benefits and uses of Rou Cong Rong are
- Tonify kidneys, strengthen yang - reproductive and urinary disorders such as impotence, spermatorrhea, urinary incontinence, posturinary dripping, cold pains in lower back and knees.
- to treat impotence and premature ejaculation (as part of a formula containing rehmannia root, dadder seed and schisandra
- to treat constipation (as part of a formula containing hemp seed).
- Warms womb - infertility, excessive uterine bleeding, leukorrhea from cold deficiency.
- Moistens instestines - constipation, good for elderly or younger patients with blood and/or qi deficiency.
- Improve parkinson symptoms : Herba Epimedii (Epimedium leaf) and Herba Cistanches (desert-living Cistanche) have the ability to protect nerve cells by regulating expressions of neurotrophic and apoptosis related factors.
Used in Patent Medicine
References
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- Liu W, Ogata T, Sato S, et al. Superoxide scavenging activities of sixty Chinese medicines determined by an ESR spin-trapping method using electrogenerated superoxide. Yakugagu Zasshi 2001;121(4):265-270.
- McGuffin M, Hobbs C, Upton R (eds.) American Herbal Products Association's Botanical Safety Handbook. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1997, p. 32.
- Xiong Q, et al. Hepatoprotective activity of phenylethanoids from cistanche deserticola. Planta Med 1998;64(2):120—25.
