Epimedium is a perennial herb with a nodular, dark brown rhizome, and many slender fibrous roots grow on it. The stem fiber is thin. It is a compound leaf with two folds and three appearances. The leaflets are oval or ovate-lanceolate, with a pointed tip and an oblique heart shape at the base, with spines-like serrations on the edge, smooth on the top and hairy on the bottom. The flower stems are axillary, the pedicels are densely hairy, and the racemes are terminal. Sepals are red on the outside, light blue on the inside, and lavender petals.

The main varieties of medicinal epimedium include epimedium, epimedium arrow leaf, epimedium koreanum, epimedium pubescens, and epimedium wushan.

① Epimedium: mainly produced in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Guangxi, and also produced in Henan, Hunan, Anhui, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other provinces;

② Epimedium sagittatum: mainly produced in Hubei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guizhou, Anhui, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangxi, Guangdong and other provinces;

③ Korean Epimedium: Mainly produced in Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shandong, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei and other provinces;

④ Epimedium pubescens: mainly produced in Lingxi, Gansu, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces;

⑤ Wushan Epimedium: Mainly produced in Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei and other provinces.

Epimedium has the largest production in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Anhui, and Liaoning. It is sold throughout the country and exported. The best quality is from Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Sichuan. Therefore, you can give priority to the epimedium produced in these places when buying.

  • Chemical Composition

Contains flavonoids, icariin, icariin, icariin, volatile oil, etc., such as folic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, sterols, benzene, tannic acid, vitamin E, flavonoids, etc.

[Product Name]: Epimedium Monoside

[English name]: Epimedium breviconum P.E.

[Molecular formula]: C33H40O15

[Molecular Weight]: 676.66

[CAS Number]: 489-32-7

[Active ingredients]: Icariin; Epimedium Flavonoids

[Product specifications]: 5% 10% 20% 98%

[Detection method]: HPLC

[Product properties]: Brown powder

[Product melting point]: Melting point 231℃ – 232℃

[Solubility]: The equilibrium solubility of icariin in water at 25°C is 15.04mg/L

[Solubility]: Easily soluble in ethyl acetate, ethanol, insoluble in chloroform, ether, benzene

  • Health Benefits

Modern medical research:

  1. The effect on sexual function

Epimedium can enhance the secretory function of the inferior colliculus-pituitary gland-gonadal axis, adrenal cortex axis, thymus axis and other endocrine systems, and can significantly increase the weight of the rat’s anterior pituitary, ovaries, and uterus. The aphrodisiac effect is due to the hypersecretion of semen. After the seminal vesicles are filled, it stimulates sensory nerves and indirectly excites sexual desire. Its effect is better than that of the hippocampus.

  1. Anti-aging effect

It can significantly restore the D-galactose aging model, the function of the T and B lymphocyte proliferation reaction in male mice, and can significantly increase the activity of total SOD in the liver of mice, reduce the formation of liver tissue lipid peroxides, and reduce the lipids in tissues such as the heart and liver Fucin is formed.

  1. Effect on the immune system

It has a two-way regulatory effect on the body’s immune function, which can significantly increase the weight of the spleen and promote the proliferation of lymphocytes activated by antigen.

  1. Effect on the cardiovascular system

It can significantly increase the coronary flow of the isolated rabbit heart, and can significantly reduce its resistance. It also has a blood pressure lowering effect due to the expansion of peripheral blood vessels.

  1. Antitussive, remove phlegm and relieve asthma

Using mouse sulfur dioxide inducing cough method, it is proved that its extract has antitussive effect and is central. It also has a protective effect on asthma.

  • Side Effect

Epimedium is more dry and intense, and some people will experience dizziness, vomiting, dry mouth, thirst, nosebleeds and other reactions after taking it; people with poor breathing and heart function should not use it.

Patients with high blood pressure should not take Epimedium, otherwise they will have physical problems. In addition, people who are prone to dizziness, unsteady walking, and irritability in life are also advised not to take Epimedium to avoid affecting their health.

In addition, if women have a lot of menstrual flow, and the color of menstrual blood is bright red, and the tongue and hair are red and the pulse is thin, it means that you are a person with blood fever, and this type of population is not suitable for taking Epimedium. In addition to the symptoms of blood fever, frequent nosebleeds are also one of the common symptoms.

In our life, If you found that your urine was yellow and red, accompanied by dry throat, dry pain, etc. In addition, often felt polydipsia, all of which indicate that your body has internal heat. Patients with internal fever are not suitable for taking Epimedium.

If the body is in a stage of cold and flu, and is accompanied by headache, nasal congestion, cough, excessive phlegm, fever, coldness and other symptoms, this type of patient should not take epimedium.

Although Epimedium can treat some diseases, its side effects are still obvious. Those who want to eat it must be consumed under the guidance of a professional doctor to avoid adverse effects due to side effects.

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