Epimedium, alias: Epimedium sagittatum, Epimedium cordata, Epimedium Epimedium, Epimedium Epimedium, Dried Chicken Tendon, Thousand taels of gold, etc. The nature and taste are tropism, pungent, sweet and warm. Enter the liver and kidney meridians. Let's take a look at it with 5 1 Health.

Epimedium has been proved to have androgenic effect, which is stronger than gecko and Cynomorium songaricum. At the same time, Epimedium can also inhibit the vascular motor center, dilate peripheral blood vessels, lower blood pressure, relieve cough, eliminate phlegm and relieve asthma, and also has significant inhibitory effects on poliovirus, Staphylococcus albus and Staphylococcus aureus. Epimedium is mainly used to treat reproductive, osteoarticular and respiratory diseases in clinic.

Health-preserving efficacy of Epimedium

1, used for kidney deficiency and yang w, nocturnal emission, soreness of waist and knees, cold limbs and chills. It is compatible with Rhizoma Curculiginis, Fructus Corni, Herba Cistanches, etc. The waist and knees are sore, so it can be used with Eucommia ulmoides, Morinda officinalis and Tzu Chi.

2, used for cold-dampness arthralgia or limb contracture numbness. Can be combined with Radix Clematidis, Radix Morindae Officinalis, Cortex Cinnamomi, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, and Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong to treat rheumatic joint pain, numbness of limbs or muscle contracture.

3, expelling wind and removing dampness: used for rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, and can be used equally with Astragalus, Angelica, Notopterygium and Gentiana macrophylla.

4. Lowering blood pressure: It is used for hypertension with deficiency of both yin and yang, and can be used together with Yang-tonifying and Yin-nourishing drugs such as Rhizoma Curculiginis, Radix Morindae Officinalis, Cortex Phellodendri and Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, such as Erxian Decoction.