Cistanche deserticola
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Nomenclature
Other Names:
Historical Use of Cistanche deserticola
Cistanche deserticola in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Background
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Chinese Name (pinyin): Roucongrong
Chinese Name :
Common Name :Desert-living Cistanche
Specific Name : Herba cistanches
Scientific Name:
Collection : The drug is collected before or at emerging in spring, remove from the influorescences, cut into sections and dried in the sun.
Description : Flattened-cylindrical, slightly curved, 3 - 15cm long, 2 - 8cm in diameter. Externally brown or greyish brown, densely covered with imbricated fleshy scales, usually the apex of scales broken. Texture heavy, hard and slightly pliable, uneasily broken, fracture brown with brownish dotted vascular bundles, arranged in wavy rings. Odour slight, taste sweet and slightly bitter.
Identification : To 1g of the powder add 8ml of 0.5% hydrochloric acid solution in ethanol, heat under reflux for 10 minutes, filter while hot. Neutralize the filtrate with ammonia TS and evaporate to dryness. Dissolve the residue in 3ml of 1% hydrochloric acid and filter. To 1ml of the filtrate add 1 - 2 drops of potassium bismuth iodide TS, an orange red or reddish brown precipitate is produced.
Processing : Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean, soften thoroughly, cut into thick slices and dry.Processed with wine: Stew or steam the slices as described under the method for stewing with wine or steaming with wine (Appendix ll D) until wine is absorbed entirely.
Action : To reinforce the kidney, replenish vital essence and blood, and induce laxation.
Indication : impotence, infertility; general weakness with aching of the loins and knees; constipation
Precautions :
Dosage : 6 to 9 g.
Storage : Preserve in a ventilated and dry place, protected from moth.
Synonymns for Cistanche deserticola
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Pharmaceutical Information
Chemical Constituents
Evidence or the Use of Cistanche deserticola in the Treatment of Epilepesy
Basic Science
Animal Studies
Cohort, Case-Control and Non-Randomized Trials
Randomized Controlled Trials
Meta-Analysis
1st Five Results: pubmed search
Ying Tang, Fangxin Zhao, Xuan Zhang, Yan Niu, Xiulan Liu, Renqiqige Bu, Yunlong Ma, Geyemuri Wu, Beibei Li, Hongxin Yang, Jianqiang Wu
Cistanche phenylethanoid glycosides induce apoptosis and pyroptosis in T-cell lymphoma.
Am J Cancer Res: 2024, 14(3);1338-1352
[PubMed:38590417]
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Xin-Yi Zhou, Ya-Li Ban, Cheng-Bin Wang, Xin-Tao Chen, Hong-Wang Yang, Yong-Jun Feng
Characterization of three novel stem rot pathogens and their antagonistic endophytic bacteria associated with Cistanche deserticola.
Arch Microbiol: 2024, 206(5);208
[PubMed:38587620]
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Lu Wang, Jian-Xin Jia, Shi-Bin Zhang, Wei Song, Xu-Sheng Yan, Dong-Sheng Huo, He Wang, Li-E Wu, Zhan-Jun Yang
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J Toxicol Environ Health A: 2024, 87(10);448-456
[PubMed:38557302]
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Jie Yao, Haoqiang Wan, Jingmei Zhang, Wanying Shen, Xiaofang Wei, Chenyan Shi, Baoru Ou, Dongyu Liu, Lanlan Ge, Jia Fei, Xiaobin Zeng
Tubuloside B, a major constituent of Cistanche deserticola, inhibits migration of hepatocellular carcinoma by inhibiting Hippo-YAP pathway.
Phytomedicine: 2024, 129;155552
[PubMed:38552378]
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Ke Wang, Hua Qiu, Fang Chen, Pingping Cai, Fanghua Qi
Considering traditional Chinese medicine as adjunct therapy in the management of chronic constipation by regulating intestinal flora.
Biosci Trends: 2024;
[PubMed:38522913]
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