What medicinal materials are there in the desert?

Cynomorium songaricum: The main producing areas are Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and Ningxia. It grows in dry and sandy areas. The medicinal part is whole grass, which is well collected in spring. Sweet in taste and warm in nature, it enters the liver, kidney and large intestine meridians. Cynomorium songaricum has the effect of tonifying kidney and moistening intestine. Can be used for treating impotence, hematuria, blood deficiency, constipation, soreness of waist and knees, etc.

Seabuckthorn: both Mongolians and Tibetans use it, and they also like to grow in desert areas. The medicinal part is the mature fruit of Hippophae rhamnoides. Seabuckthorn tastes sweet, sour, astringent and warm. It can enter spleen, stomach, lung and heart meridian. Has the effects of invigorating spleen, promoting digestion, relieving cough, resolving phlegm, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Because it can enter the lung meridian, Tibetan medicine and Mongolian medicine use it as a common medicine to treat cough with excessive phlegm.

Ephedra: The desert is also one of the habitats of Ephedra, and its medicinal part is dry grass stems. Its taste is pungent, slightly bitter and warm. It can enter lung meridian and bladder meridian. It has the effects of sweating, dispelling cold, dispersing lung qi, relieving asthma, inducing diuresis and reducing swelling. Can be used for treating common cold, chest distress, asthma and cough, and geomantic edema; Bronchial asthma and other diseases. Honey-made ephedra can moisten the lungs and relieve cough.

Cistanche deserticola: mainly suitable for growing in desert environment. Its taste is sweet, salty and warm. It can enter kidney and large intestine meridian. Has the effects of tonifying kidney yang, nourishing essence and blood, moistening intestine and relaxing bowels. Can be used for treating sexual impotence, infertility, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, intestinal dryness and constipation. Its warm nature can help yang, moisten dryness and nourish quality, and salty nature can enter the body to tonify kidney yang and benefit essence and blood, but its function is gentle and gentle, and haste makes waste.

Artemisia arenaria: It is an ultra-xerophyte, also known as desert ga. Its taste is pungent and its nature is warm. Has the effects of eliminating phlegm, relieving asthma and relieving exterior syndrome. Can be used for treating chronic tracheitis, common cold, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. Artemisia sphaerocephala can be made into honeyed pills (each pill contains Artemisia sphaerocephala dry powder of one yuan), and one pill is taken twice a day for treating chronic tracheitis and asthma.

Achnatherum splendens: Desert is also one of the habitats of Achnatherum splendens, and its medicinal parts are stem base, flower and rhizome. Its taste is sweet, light and flat. Has diuretic and heat clearing effects. Its stem can induce diuresis and clear heat. Its flowers can stop bleeding.