Cistanche tubulosa is mainly used as the formulas of functional food,food,drinking,health care products and medicine.

  Cistanche tubulosa has been used for more than 1,000 years in China. Its also been recorded in our most ancient pharmacy book Shen Nong's Herbal and especially been widely used as a medicine for strengthening kidneys.Cistanche tubulosa is also called as  the desert ginseng. The Uygur people in Hetian area had realized its value for health protection from a long time ago. They often put it into their tea and alcohol to drink, or eat it by putting it into their meal. This place is full of healthy and energetic old man. The longevity ratio is number one in the country and the centenarian village is in here.

The main active ingredient in cistanche tubulosa are echinacoside and acteoside, their main efficacy as following:

First, Aspects for improving memory: effectively enhancing memory; effectively improving climacteric syndrome; effectively improving senile dementia

Second, Aspects for reinforcing power and strengthening  : effectively increasing the men and women hormone; strengthening kidney, enhancing sex function, available for essence and blood Protecting liver and gallbladder.  

Third, Aspects for beauty: resisting radiation, whitening (National patent has been declared); relieving constipation with laxatives; enhancing immunity, anti-aging; Anti-fatigue

Cistanche tubulosa mainly distributed in Taklimakan desert, Xinjiang,it has the function of strengthing kidney, enhancing sex function, available for essence and blood, commonly used in the treatment of male impotency, men's, women's infertility, metrorrhagia, vaginal discharge, lassitude in loin and legs, powerless in bones and muscles, depleted blood,constipationand other symptom, Cistanche tubulosa has the reputation on"desert ginseng". Modern research shows that it has the function of improving renal function, enhancing memory, anti-senile dementia, anti-aging, anti-fatigue, regulating the immune function, and multi-faceted function. It has always been used as food among the people for nourishing purposes.

Quality standard and Inspection method

DCT-I Extract

Quality standardtotal phenylethanoid  glycosides≥40, Acteoside≥4%,Echinacoside≥10%

Inspection methodHPLC

DCT- Extract

Quality standardtotal phenylethanoid  glycosides≥60, Acteoside≥6%,Echinacoside≥20%

Inspection methodHPLC

DCT-III Extract

Quality standardtotal phenylethanoid  glycosides≥80, Acteoside≥10%,Echinacoside≥25%

Inspection methodHPLC