Epimedium is a commonly used medicinal material for tonifying kidney. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that kidney is the innate foundation of human beings, and kidney deficiency may affect the overall coordination of the body. Therefore, many people who like health care pay more attention to tonifying kidney. There are also many drugs for tonifying kidney, and Epimedium is commonly used. So, what is the function of epimedium as medicine? What are the medicinal effects of Epimedium?

Epimedium is the whole grass of Epimedium belonging to Berberidaceae. And epimedium sagittatum or epimedium pilosum. Origin: Shaanxi, Liaoning, Shanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and other places. Harvest in summer and autumn when the stems and leaves are lush, cut off the aboveground parts, dry and chop them up. Raw or roasted in sheep oil.

The medicinal properties are pungent, sweet and warm. Meridian of kidney and liver.

Efficacy of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, expelling wind and removing dampness.

App application

1. Deficiency of kidney yang, impotence, frequent urination, soreness of waist and knees. This taste is sweet, warm and dry, and it is good at tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. It is effective alone, and can also be used together with other drugs for tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. Only use this product to soak wine, so as to help her husband strengthen yang and relieve cold pain in her waist and knees, such as Xianlingpi wine (doctor's heart mirror); This product is compatible with Cistanche deserticola, Morinda officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides, etc., and can be used to treat impotence and nocturnal emission due to kidney deficiency, such as Bujing Bushui Dan.

2. Cold-dampness arthralgia and numbness of limbs. This product is pungent in warming and dispelling cold, expelling wind and dampness, entering liver and kidney, and strengthening bones and muscles. Can be used for rheumatism, arthralgia, weakness of muscles and bones, and numbness of limbs. It is often used with Radix Clematidis, Fructus Xanthii, Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Cortex Cinnamomi, namely Xianlingpi Powder (Sheng Hui Fang).

In addition, it is used for asthma and cough caused by kidney-yang deficiency and menopausal hypertension in modern times, and the curative effect is good.

Usage and dosage: decocted, 3 ~ 15g.

Pay attention to the use of yin deficiency and excessive fire.

Ancient book abstracts

1. Shennong's Herbal Classic: "Governing Yin flaccidity, absolutely hurting, stem pain, facilitating urination, benefiting qi and ambition.

2. "Compendium of Japanese Materia Medica": "Treat all kinds of cold and fatigue, tonify the waist and knees, strengthen the heart, the husband can't afford yang, the woman can't afford yin, the bones and muscles are cramped, the limbs are not in place, the elderly are dizzy, and the middle-aged people are forgetful."

3. "Classification of Materia Medica": "Treating cough, expelling wind, tonifying kidney and strengthening Yuanyang.

Modern research

1. chemical constituents: the chemical constituents of epimedium are mainly flavonoids, lignans, alkaloids and volatile oils.

2. Pharmacological action: Epimedium can enhance the secretory function of endocrine system such as hypothalamus-pituitary-gonad axis, adrenal cortex axis and thymus axis. Epimedium extract can affect the DNA synthesis of impotence model mice, promote the synthesis of protein, regulate cell metabolism, and significantly enhance the animal's weight and anti-freezing time. Epimedium ethanol extract can significantly enhance the coronary flow of isolated rabbit hearts. Herba Epimedii decoction and its ethanol exudate were injected intravenously into rabbits, cats and rats.

3. Clinical study: Oral administration of Herba Epimedii and Radix Panacis Quinquefolii is effective in preventing and treating premature aging (journal of traditional chinese medicine, Liaoning, 1992,19 (10): 26); Epimedium and Semen Cuscutae are effective in treating impotence (journal of traditional chinese medicine, Yunnan, 1989,10 (6):13); Epimedium extract tablets have good curative effect on viral myocarditis (Journal of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, 1984, 9: 523); Erxian Shenqi Decoction, mainly composed of Herba Epimedii, can be used to treat senile osteoporosis of thoracic and lumbar vertebrae (China bone injury,1994,7 (5): 9); Self-made Jiangu Decoction is effective in treating diabetic bone metabolism disorder (Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2000, (1): 46). Epimedium combined with Maxing Shigan Decoction or Yupingfeng Powder is effective in treating asthmatic bronchitis in children (Jilin Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2002, 1: 2 1).

efficacy

(A) the efficacy of epimedium root

Epimedium is pungent and sweet in root and warm in nature. Has the effects of invigorating kidney, strengthening yang, expelling wind and removing dampness, and strengthening tendons and bones. It is mainly used for treating impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, frozen semen infertility, frequent urination, soreness of waist and knees, etc.

For the treatment of impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, soreness of waist and knees, cold limbs, and impotence and nocturnal emission, Curculigo Rhizoma, Corni Fructus, Cistanchis Herba, etc. can be combined with Epimedium for the treatment of soreness of waist and knees, and Eucommia Cortex, Morinda Officinalis and Cibotii Rhizoma can be combined with Epimedium.

(B) the role of epimedium root

1, endocrine function

Epimedium root can enhance sexual function. Epimedium is the main component in the root of Epimedium, which can significantly improve the development of epididymis and seminal vesicle in young rats, so Epimedium has androgenic effect.

2. Influence on immune system function

The number of T cells, lymphocyte transformation rate, antibody, antigen and phagocytosis of reticuloendothelial system in patients with kidney deficiency are decreased, which can be treated with drugs such as epimedium root, which will produce remarkable curative effect.

3. Effects on cardiovascular system

Herba Epimedii decoction and extract have protective effects on myocardial ischemia induced by pituitrin in rats. Intravenous injection of Herba Epimedii decoction and ethanol extract can reduce blood pressure in rabbits, cats and rats. efficacy

(A) the efficacy of epimedium root

Epimedium is pungent and sweet in root and warm in nature. Has the effects of invigorating kidney, strengthening yang, expelling wind and removing dampness, and strengthening tendons and bones. It is mainly used for treating impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, frozen semen infertility, frequent urination, soreness of waist and knees, etc.

For the treatment of impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission, soreness of waist and knees, cold limbs, and impotence and nocturnal emission, Curculigo Rhizoma, Corni Fructus, Cistanchis Herba, etc. can be combined with Epimedium for the treatment of soreness of waist and knees, and Eucommia Cortex, Morinda Officinalis and Cibotii Rhizoma can be combined with Epimedium.

(B) the role of epimedium root

1, endocrine function

Epimedium root can enhance sexual function. Epimedium is the main component in the root of Epimedium, which can significantly improve the development of epididymis and seminal vesicle in young rats, so Epimedium has androgenic effect.

2. Influence on immune system function

The number of T cells, lymphocyte transformation rate, antibody, antigen and phagocytosis of reticuloendothelial system in patients with kidney deficiency are decreased, which can be treated with drugs such as epimedium root, which will produce significant curative effect.

3. Effects on cardiovascular system

Herba Epimedii decoction and extract have protective effects on myocardial ischemia induced by pituitrin in rats. Intravenous injection of Herba Epimedii decoction and ethanol extract can reduce blood pressure in rabbits, cats and rats.