Epimedium brevicornum Maxim.,

Epimedium sagittatum (Sieb. et Zucc.) Maxim.,

Epimedium pubescens Maxim.,

Epimedium wushanense T. S. Ying,

Epimedium koreanum Nakai

入 肝 ﹐ 腎 經

Expels wind-damp-cold: for wind-damp-cold painful obstruction (pain and water retention) with such symptoms as spasms or cramps in the hands and feet, joint pain, and numbness in the extremities due to bad circulation.

Tonifies the yin and yang and harnesses liver yang ascending, for lower back pain, dizziness, and menstrual irregularity from deficiency of liver and kidneys (shenxu) and subsequent causes liver yang ascending, (gan yang).

Hypertension during menopause.

陽 萎 早 泄，腰膝痿弱，風濕痺痛，筋骨攣急，半身不遂，神經衰弱，健忘症, 肝 陽 上 昇﹐婦 女 更 年 期 高 血 壓 。

• .Improves endocrine system. Improve axle: hypothalamus, pituitary,  sex hormones and adrenal cortex .
•  Improves DNA metabolism.
•  Improves immune system.
•  Anti-aging effect.
• Improves effect of nitrogen oxide in dilating the blood vessels
•  Improves circulatory system.  a. Improve function of the heart. b. Lower blood pressure by dilution of peripheral blood vessels.
• Improves blood flow to the penis and causes erection
•  Improves the blood system. a.. Prevent platelet coagulation.  b. Lower viscosity of the blood. c. Improve production of white blood cells.
•  Improves ability to resist lack of oxygen.
•  Anti-inflammatory and antibacterial. 9. Lower lipoprotein and cholesterol.
•  It inhibits asthma caused by increased histamine.
•  Small amount: promotes urination
•  Large amount: inhibits urination
• Reduces the number of estrogen receptors, prevent spreading of cancer cells, and destroy cancer cells.
•  Prevents and reverses bone loss

Ceryl alcohol, hentriacontane, phytosterol, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, bilobanol, magnoflorin, glucose, fructose, icariin, icariside I ), Icariside II (epimedoside A).

 Epimedin A, Epimedin B, Epimedin C, Epimedokoreanoside I, Epimedokoreanoside II, Epimedoside A, I-karisoside A, (quercetin), 4'-methoxy-5-hydroxy-8-3, 3-dimethylallylflavone-3-glucosyl (1--2) rhamnoside-7-glucoside), 4'-methoxy-5-hydroxy-8-3, 3-dimethylallylflavone-3-xylosyl (1--2) rhamnoside-7-glucoside), 4'-methoxy-5-hydroxy-8-3, 3-dimethylallylflavone-3-rham-nosyl (1--2) rhamnoside-7-glucoside.

Isoquercetin, icaritin-3-O-α-rhamnoside, hyperin, sagittatoside A, sagittatoside B, sagittatoside C, sagittatin A, sagittatin B, Anhydroicaritin-3-O-α-rhamnoside, Icariside E₆, Icariside E₇, Icaride A₁, Icaride A₂,  Icariside D₃, Icariside H₁, Icariside B₉.

Epimedoside C, baohuoside VI, baohuoside I,  rouhuoside.

Wushanicariin.

With sang ji sheng 桑寄生for painful obstructions, especially paralysis and pain of the lower extremities, or muscular contraction and numbness of the extremities.

With xian mao 仙茅, huang bai 黃柏 , and  zhi mu 知母 for menopausal symptoms such as facial pallor, lower back pain, nocturia, menstrual irregularity, and dizziness from deficient Liver and Kidney yin and subsequent ascendant Liver yang. This combination is also used for the abovementioned ascendant Liver yang symptoms in men.

Source of above formula: Bensky and Gamble.

• A. Use yin yang huo 15 g. with Tu si zi 15 g. Grind into powder. 5 g a day in  3 servings. To be taken with yellow rice wine. 20 days is one treatment.  Take every day first thing in morning and before bed.  Massage the perineal area from left to right and right to left about 10 times .
• B.  Every night use chuan xiong 15 g and xi sin 15 g. Boil a decoction and put in bathtub and sit for 20 minutes. Avoid intercourse for 100 days. Avoid overexertion and getting chilled. 7 days is one treatment. 

Total cases: 38. 8 cases got better. 20 cases completely healed. After 2 years, no patients had recurring problems. Total effectiveness: 92 per cent.

2. For white patches of vagina.

3. For neurasthenia .

4. For coronary disease.

5. For viral infections of the heart muscle.

6. For chronic bronchial infection and asthma.

7. For treating the decrease of white cells.

8. For treating inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.