Rou Cong Rong
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cistanche, desert-living cistanche
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Cistanches
Properties: sweet, salty, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: KD, LV
Flavors: sweet, salty
Tonifies: blood, yang
Special Properties:
essence
Actions / Indications:
- Tonifies KD yang; nourishes essence and blood (impotence,
infertility, decreased sex drive, spermatorrhea; urinary incontinence,
post-urinary dripping; cold pains in low back, knees; excess uterine
bleeding, vaginal discharge due to cold womb)
- Moistens intestines; unblocks bowels (constipation
due to dryness in elderly or debilitated patients with yang and blood
deficiency)
- (cc: diarrhea due to weak SP or ST)
- (cc: yin deficient with heat; constipation due to excess heat)
Special Notes:
- Rou Cong Rong is a unique KD tonic since it does not have the same
stagnating properties seen in other tonic herbs.
- Similar to suo yang, but suo yang is stronger
to tonify yang, whereas rou cong rong
is stronger to nourish essence and blood, and to moisten the intestines.
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