High Quality Natural Dodder Seed

Cuscuta chinensis Lam.

The alias：Bean parasitism, rootless grass, yellow silk, etc

Medicinal part：Mature seeds

Plant forms：Annual herb convolvulaceae. Stem entwined, yellow, slender, ca. 1 mm in diam., leafless. Capsule globose, ca. 3 mm in diam., almost entirely surrounded by persistent corolla, circumferentially lobed at maturity. Seeds 2-49, light brown, ovate, ca. 1 mm long, rough surface.

Origin distribution: It is distributed in heilongjiang, jilin, liaoning, hebei, shanxi, shanxi, ningxia, gansu, Inner Mongolia, xinjiang, shandong, jiangsu, anhui, henan, zhejiang, fujian, sichuan, yunnan and guangdong provinces. Iran, Afghanistan east to Japan, north Korea, south to Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Australia and other countries are also distributed

Harvesting and processing: Dodder seed to seed propagation and transmission, dodder seed fell into the soil after maturity, dormancy after the winter, the next year between 3 to 6 months when the temperature and humidity is suitable for germination, seedling root into the soil, the germ out of the soil surface, the formation of a silk dodder.

Medicinal properties: Ellipsoid or ovoid, bulges slightly flattened, 1 ~ 1.5 mm in diameter, one end slightly beaklike protruding, inclined to one side, light color spot in micro concave place, central strip-shaped hilum. Pale brown or grayish yellow surface, slightly rough. Qualitative hard. After soaking in boiling water, the surface shows viscosity. When the seed coat is cracked, the embryo with long yellow and white curl is exposed. Odorless, slightly bitter taste.

Flavor and Meridian tropism: Flat,Taste sweet,Spicy.Return to the stomach channel spleen channel, liver channel.

Efficacy: Kidney tonifying essence, nourishing the liver tomorrow. It is a kind of tonic under the classification of tonic for deficiency.

The pharmacological research: It has excitatory effect on hypothalamic-pituitary-gonad; Promoting hematopoiesis; Enhance immune function; Prevention and treatment of myocardial ischemia; Inhibition of tumorigenesis; Anti - liver damage, etc. Dodder seed extract, tincture can enhance in vitro toad heart contractility, reduce heart rate, make anaesthesia dog blood pressure drop.

Taboo: Yin deficiency fire flourishing, Yang strong not withering and dry stool knot is prohibited.