Cistanche deserticola seed
LATIN NAME: Cistanche deserticola
COMMON NAME: Desert Cistanche
The desert cistanche grows without a leaf of its own, rising from the desert sand to feed on the roots of the tamarisk and the saxoul. The strange, fleshy, parasitic plant sends up the upright, scaly, yellow-brown stems from the sand, bearing the dense spikes of the small, tubular, pale-yellow flowers through the spring, and the thick stems have a very long record in the old practice of the East. The plant is a fine, curious presence of the desert garden and the study border. It is a plant of the open, sunny, very well-drained ground, growing at the foot of the host shrub.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The desert cistanche is a strange subject of the plant science, a parasite without a leaf of its own, studied for the way it feeds on the desert roots. The thick, scaly stems, which have a very long record in the old practice of the East, have been studied closely, and it keeps showing up in the work on the parasitic plants, the desert medicines and the members of the broomrape family. The dense spikes of the tubular flowers and the strange, fleshy habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the desert cistanche is a regular subject of the work on the root-feeding plants of the dry world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The desert cistanche is a strange and valuable plant of the desert edge. The upright, scaly stems rise from the sand at the foot of the tamarisk and the saxoul, and the thick stems have a very long record in the old practice of the East as a tonic and a tea. The plant is one of the great wild medicines of the desert, and the wild stands are best left to the care of the conservation work, with the plant grown under the careful hand of the growers. It has been written up in the botanical and the conservation papers for the scaly stems and the very long record of use, and it is a fine, curious plant of the open, sunny, very well-drained garden.
The desert cistanche is one of the strange parasites of the desert edge, and the thick, scaly stems rise from the sand at the foot of the host shrub. The plant is best left to the careful hand of the grower and the conservation work.
To grow the desert cistanche from seed, sow the dust-fine seeds on the surface of a tray of moist, free-draining soil at the foot of a young host shrub, keep the tray in a bright, warm spot and water gently. The seedlings appear within a few weeks and grow on very slowly. With the sun, the warmth and the very well-drained ground, the scaly stems will rise in a few seasons.
Desertliving Cistanche Herb Extract ( Cistanche tubulosa Extract ; Cistanche Deserticola extract ; Caulis Cistanchis Extract ) taken as a dietary supplement for strengthening the Immune system. Cistanche tubulosa plays an important role for longevity. The active ingredients of Cistanche tubulosa are echinacoside and acteoside, phenylethanoid glycosides. Acteoside, a polyphenol, is a powerful antioxidant that is 15 times more active than resveratrol.
Main Function
1. Desertliving cistanche herb extract has anti-nociceptive and anti-inflammatory activity.
2. Desertliving cistanche herb extract has anti-oxidative action of the glycosides.
3. Hepatoprotective activity of phenylethanoids.
4. Kidney reinforcing and yang supporting action
5. Cistanche Deserticola extract has echinacoside and acteoside which improve sexual ability ; Aspects for reinforcing power and strengthening kidney.
6. Mood and vision health
7. Standardized Cistanche provides powerful support against immune senescence
Cistanches is a tonic herb harvested in the desert regions in Mongolia and northern China. In China Cistanches is one of the more popular and potent Yang tonic herbs, found in numerous formulas intended to strengthen sexual function. In China it is widely reported that men who take Cistanches experience notable increases in sexual prowess