Can Cnidium monnieri enhance male sexual function?

According to Chinese medicine, Cnidium monnieri is bitter, pungent, warm in nature, and enters the spleen and kidney meridians. It has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, killing insects and relieving itching, and replenishing kidney qi. Many people don't know how to use Cnidium monnieri as medicine and how to consume it to achieve its best effect. Here are some effective Chinese medicine uses.

Cnidium monnieri is also called snake rice, wild carrot seed, and wild fennel. This plant grows in wet places such as fields, rivers, and roadsides, and is distributed throughout the country. The fruits are collected when they are ripe in summer and autumn, and dried for later use. Modern research has shown that this product contains osthole, that is, 1% osthole and 1.3% volatile oil. The main components of the oil are L-pinene and isovaleric acid borneol. It has hormone-like effects and can inhibit trichomonas, flocculent epidermidis, Newcastle virus, and influenza virus. Its extract also has the effect of expelling ascaris. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Cnidium monnieri is bitter, pungent, warm in nature, and enters the spleen and kidney meridians. Because it has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, killing insects and stopping itching, and replenishing kidney qi, it can be used to treat many diseases according to the symptoms. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that drinking Cnidium monnieri soaked in water has a certain kidney-tonifying effect. You can drink it, but you must control the amount and not drink too much.

Effects of Cnidium monnieri: Cnidium monnieri is warm in nature, warms the kidney and strengthens yang, dries dampness, dispels wind, and kills insects. It is used to treat impotence, cold uterus, cold and damp leucorrhea, and dampness and back pain; it is used externally to treat vulvar eczema, itching in women, and trichomonal vaginitis. It has hormone-like effects and can inhibit trichomonas, flocculent epidermidis, Newcastle virus, and influenza virus. Its extract also has the effect of expelling ascaris. It can also treat rheumatism, scabies, and eczema. It is often used in combination with other Chinese medicines.

Effects of Cnidium monnieri: Cnidium monnieri has anti-trichomoniasis effects, which is described in a recipe in the Herbal Handbook: "25 grams of Cnidium monnieri, decocted in water, used to irrigate the vagina." In addition, Cnidium monnieri can increase sex hormones, which has been confirmed in animal studies. Other studies have shown that Cnidium monnieri can also improve lung ventilation and relieve asthma. In addition, Cnidium monnieri can also treat impotence, which is recorded in many recipes in Qianjin Fang, such as: "Equal parts of Cuscuta chinensis, Cnidium monnieri, and Schisandra chinensis. Grind the above three ingredients into powder and make honey pills as big as walnuts. Take 30 pills with water, three times a day."

How to eat Cnidium monnieri: First, remove impurities, wash, and dry before eating. Most of the ways to eat it are to boil soup with other Chinese medicines. Cnidium monnieri itself tastes bitter and not tasty, so it can only be used as medicine. The book "Leigong Paozhi Lun" records the method of processing Cnidium monnieri, "When using Cnidium monnieri, you must use concentrated blue juice and natural juice of Stemona radix root. Soak the two together during the dog days, filter out and dry in the sun, then mix with raw Rehmannia glutinosa juice and steam from noon to midnight, and use it when it is dried in the sun."