Cistanches has the functions of tonifying the kidney, nourishing the fluid, moistening the dryness and smoothing the intestine. With sweet, sour, salty and warm sexual taste, cistanches enters the kidney and large intestine channels, which can be used to treat impotence in men and infertility in women. In addition, cistanches can play a role in tonifying the kidney as well as subband and dissolving.
It also plays the role of warming kidney Yang for waist and knee pain and cold pain. For constipation caused by blood dry, it plays the role of moistening the intestine and defecation. If it is loose stool with weak spleen and stomach or vigorous fire, it is when kidney Yin deficiency, cistanche should avoid taking.