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Epimedium Epimedium grandiflorum
Epimedium
Epimedium flowering plants

Benefits | Preparation | Medicinal Uses | Side Effects | Plant | Folklore |

Common Names
Epimedium , horny goat weed, xian ling pi, and yin yang huo
Botanical Name
Epimedium grandiflorum
Family
BERBERIDACEAE Barberry Family
Epimedium Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Properties: Diuretic* Tonic* Hypertensive*
Parts Used: leaf
Constituents:Fats, saponins, and essential oil, with trace amounts of epimedins, epimedosides, icariin, magnflorin, and quercetin


Known as Horny Goat weed, epimedium
has an ancient reputation in
Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Epimedium, also known as Yin Yang Huo or Horny Goat Weed, is a powerful remedy in Traditional Chinese Medicine and has been used for thousands of years to promote male potency and as an aphrodisiac. Modern Chinese herbal medicine uses epimedium (usually in combination with other herbs) not just to treat impotence, but also for asthma, bronchitis cervical dysplasia, congestive heart failure, leukorrhea, leukopenia, and viral infections of the heart.

To treat menopause in women it is often combined with Morinda to treat hypertension, and is officially listed by the Chinese Academy of Medial Sciences as one of an elite group of herbs that slow down aging and promote longevity. Perhaps even more important have been the recent discoveries that Epimedium has powerful immune-modulating activity. Ron Teegarden

Epimedium Remedies
remedy Prep Methods :Teas, tinctures, encapsulations
Traditional Chinese Medicine
tradional chinese medicine TCM practitioners use this herb used to increase the Yang energies, for instance, it would be used to enhance male sexual performance. Recent research has confirmed that Yin Yang Huo can increase sperm production and stimulate sexual desire.
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referencesEpimedium Medicinal Uses & References
Aphrodisiac
Aphrodisiac Recent research has confirmed that Yin Yang Huo can increase sperm production and stimulate sexual desire.
Asthma
Asthma Modern Chinese herbal medicine uses epimedium (usually in combination with other herbs) not just to treat impotence, but also for asthma, bronchitis cervical dysplasia, congestive heart failure, leukorrhea, leukopenia, and viral infections of the heart.

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Sexual tonics
Sexual tonics TCM practitioners use yin yang huo to increase the Yang energies, for instance, it would be used to enhance male sexual performance.
Side Effects:
Do not exceed recommended dose. Overdoses can cause rapid heart rate, and high blood pressure.
Plant Description

Epimedium
Epimedium grandiflorum Violaceum - foilage

Epimedium is an ivy-like ground shrub of the higher and drier areas of China and Tibet. It is in the same plant family as barberry and Oregon grape root. Horny goat weed was named epimedium because it is similar to a plant found in the ancient Asian kingdom of Media, now a part of Iran. Epimedium is a genus of many related plant species and some are used for medicinal purposes, including Epimedium sagittatum, Epimedium brevicornum, epimedium grandiflorum, and Epimedium koreanum. The genus is also a popular ground cover for landscaping.
Folklore, Myths and Legends
folkloreThe name of the herb in Mandarin, yin yang huo, roughly corresponds to "weed for licentious goat." Legend has it that a goat herder discovered the properties of epimedium by observing his billy goats uncontrollable sexual appetites after they grazed on the herb.
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Common Misspellings:

Mountain Rose Herbs
Organic Herb Teas,Oils, Tinctures and Capsules
Certified Organic Epimedium Leaf
Epimedium grandiflorum Origin- China Teas, tinctures, encapsulations of the leaf or powder. Modern Chinese herbal medicine uses epimedium (usually in
Certified Organic Epimedium leaf capsules
(Epimedium grandiflorum) 300mg/100 capsules

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