Cistanche deserticola and dietary therapy for frigidity
**Cistanche deserticola, the "anti-aging elixir" for men**
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When discussing Cynomorium songaricum, the first thing to mention is its appearance. Its shape closely resembles a male phallus, hence its name. According to the Chinese concept of "like cures like," the kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac effects of Cynomorium songaricum are undoubtedly valid.
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Cynomorium songaricum is a magical and precious natural wild plant, historically known as "golden cynomorium, silver ginseng." It grows in desert and Gobi regions, has no roots of its own, and parasitizes the roots of the Tribulus terrestris plant (Nitraria tangutorum). It remains difficult to cultivate artificially and is known as the "elixir of immortality" of the desert. Cynomorium songaricum is rich in various active ingredients and 17 kinds of amino acids beneficial to the human body, as well as sugars, organic acids, flavonoids, citrus fruits, steroids, trifoliate oranges, polyesters, and mineral elements. It is oily and has a delicious flavor.
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Cynomorium songaricum can nourish yin and strengthen yang, and has remarkable effects on frequent urination, impotence, premature ejaculation, constipation, lower back and knee weakness, insomnia, and hair loss in middle-aged and elderly people. Therefore, it has been cherished by famous doctors throughout history. The effects of Cynomorium songaricum were recorded as early as the Ming Dynasty in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" as follows: "Cynomorium songaricum is warm, tonifies the kidneys, moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements, and is used for bone steaming fever, weakness of the lower back and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, and constipation due to intestinal dryness."
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Modern research has found that oleic acid and palmitic acid in Cynomorium songaricum have anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory effects, respectively. Cynomorium songaricum can promote human cell regeneration and metabolism, enhance immune regulation, and has anti-gastric ulcer, anti-platelet aggregation, anti-HIV protease, and anti-cancer effects. The environments where Cynomorium songaricum grows are extremely harsh, yet the health levels and average lifespans of the people living there are significantly higher than in other places; this is thanks to Cynomorium songaricum.
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There are many ways to consume Cistanche deserticola, including soaking it in alcohol, making soup, stewing it with meat, cooking it, brewing it as tea, and using it in medicine. Here are a few methods of consuming Cistanche deserticola recommended for men.
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**Cistanche deserticola aphrodisiac porridge**
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Efficacy: Warms and tonifies the kidneys. Suitable for those with yang deficiency, lower back and knee weakness, cold limbs, impotence, and constipation in the elderly.
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Ingredients: 10g of Cynomorium songaricum, 100g of lean mutton, and 100g of rice.
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Instructions:
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> (1) Wash the mutton and cut it into small pieces.
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(2) First decoct Cynomorium songaricum, remove the dregs, then add mutton and rice and cook into porridge. Eat on an empty stomach. Use with caution if you have loose stools or premature ejaculation.
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**Cistanche Wine**
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Efficacy: Tonifies the kidneys and strengthens yang. Used for symptoms such as kidney deficiency and weakened fire, impotence, premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea, and lower back and knee pain.
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Ingredients: 30g of Cynomorium songaricum, 500g of white wine.
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Instructions: Wash the Cynomorium songaricum, slice it, and soak it in a bottle of white wine. Shake it once a day. It can be consumed after 7 days.
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Take 5-10 ml each time, twice a day.
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**Don't panic about low libido; dietary remedies can help.**
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Sexual frigidity, also known as frigidity, refers to a lack of libido, disinterest in sexual activity, or even indifference and aversion to sex. It is often caused by emotional depression, fear, sexual dysfunction, or ovarian insufficiency, as well as dysfunction of endocrine glands such as the adrenal cortex and pituitary gland. Traditional Chinese medicine believes this condition is mostly caused by strain on the uterine lining, uterine weakness, and cold pathogens accumulating in the genital area. Treatment focuses on tonifying the kidneys and strengthening yang. In addition to seeking psychological therapy and sexual guidance from an experienced doctor, the following dietary therapies can also be used:
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**1. Stewed Pork Kidney with Aconite Root**
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Take 6 grams of prepared aconite root and 2 pig kidneys, wash them, cut them open, remove the white membrane, chop them, and stew them together. Season with salt, drink the soup and eat the kidneys. Take once a day for 10 consecutive days.
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> **2. Cistanche deserticola, walnut, and pork kidney**
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Take 15 grams of Cistanche deserticola (washed and sliced), 15 grams of walnut kernels, and 2 pig kidneys. Scrape the pig kidneys, remove the white renal pelvis, wash them, stuff them with the herbs, tie them tightly, and cook them thoroughly before eating. Take once a day for half a month.
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3. Steamed Chicken with Rice Wine
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Take one rooster that has not yet crowed, 500 grams of glutinous rice wine, remove the feathers and internal organs of the rooster, wash it and cut it into walnut-sized pieces, add 2 sections of scallion, 2 slices of ginger, 5 peppercorns and glutinous rice wine, steam until cooked and eat.
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4. Black Bean Stewed Dog Meat
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Take 50 grams of black beans and 300 grams of dog meat. Wash the black beans and dog meat and put them in a pot together. Add appropriate amounts of water, scallions, ginger, garlic, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then simmer until tender. Add a little salt before serving.
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5. Chives and Shrimp Salad
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Take 250 grams of raw shrimp meat, first fry the shrimp meat in oil until cooked, then stir-fry 250 grams of chives, add an appropriate amount of salt, and mix with the shrimp meat to eat.
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6. Stewed Chicken with Goji Berries
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Take 30 grams of wolfberries and one rooster weighing less than 500 grams. Remove the feathers and internal organs and wash it clean. Add 50-150 grams of white wine with an alcohol content of 50 degrees or higher and salt, and stew together. Eat the meat and drink the soup.
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7. Cistanche and Mutton Porridge
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Take 20 grams of Cistanche deserticola, wash and slice it thinly, add 150-250 grams of lean mutton and 100 grams of rice, and cook them together into porridge.
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8. Sanzi Wine
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Take 100 grams each of dodder seed, raspberry seed, and leek seed, stir-fry until cooked, grind into a fine powder, mix well, soak in 3000 grams of rice wine for 20 days, and then drink 50 grams each time, twice a day.
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**9. Cistanche deserticola and seal kidney wine**
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Take 50 grams of Cistanche deserticola, 15 grams of ginseng, and one seal kidney. Soak the seal kidney in wine and then slice it. Soak it in 1000 grams of rice wine or white wine for one month before drinking. Drink a small cup before going to bed every night.
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**10. Cordyceps Stewed Young Chicken**
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Take 6-7 cordyceps sinensis and 1 rooster that has not yet crowed. Remove the feathers and internal organs of the rooster, wash it, cut it into pieces, add ginger, pepper, cordyceps sinensis and salt as needed, stew together, eat the meat and drink the soup.
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**11. Dog Meat, Dodder, and Aconite Soup**
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Take 250g of dog meat, 20g of ginger, 15g of dodder seed, 12g of aconite root, and appropriate amounts of vegetable oil, salt, MSG, and chopped green onions. First, wash and finely chop the dog meat, wash and slice the ginger, and stir-fry them together in hot oil for 3 minutes. Add cold water to cover, then add the dodder seed (in a cloth bag), aconite root (in a cloth bag), and salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, skim off any foam, then simmer over low heat for 2 hours until the meat is tender. Add chopped green onions, MSG, and salt, bring to a boil, and it's ready. Remove the herbs, eat the meat, and drink the soup. One dose per day, 3-5 doses constitute one course of treatment.