The efficacy of seahorse and wolfberry wine

The seahorse is named because its head resembles a horse's head. It is a valuable Chinese medicine with high economic value. It has the medicinal functions of strengthening the body, nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, relaxing muscles and tendons, relieving inflammation and pain, calming the nerves, and relieving cough and asthma. The seahorse has been used as a medicine for at least 1,500 years, and it first appeared in the book "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Tang Dynasty. The seahorse is also known as the water horse. What are the effects of soaking seahorse in wine?

Effects of seahorse and wolfberry wine

Seahorse is called "Southern Ginseng". It belongs to the class of fish, family of Syngnathidae. Also known as dragon's tail, it is a precious medicinal material with the effects of strengthening the body, relieving pain, strengthening the heart, dispersing knots, reducing swelling, relaxing muscles and tendons, and relieving cough and asthma. There is a saying that "Ginseng in the north, seahorse in the south". In addition to being mainly used to make various synthetic drugs, seahorse can also be taken directly to strengthen the body and treat diseases.

Sex hormone-like effects

Seahorse can improve the sex hormone levels of humans and experimental animals by tonifying the kidney and strengthening yang, and is effective for both male and female experimental animals. Sex hormone levels are closely related to aging, and improving sex hormone levels is beneficial to anti-aging. At the same time, it is also a good therapeutic drug for infertility and sexual dysfunction. In addition, seahorse also has a therapeutic effect on the symptoms caused by the weakening of menopausal hormone levels.

Seahorse wine

The ethanol extract of Hippocampus linearis can prolong the estrus of normal female mice, induce estrus in castrated mice, and increase the weight of the uterus and ovaries (normal mice). The extract of Hippocampus (unspecified species) exhibits androgen-like effects, which are weaker than those of Cnidium monnieri and Epimedium, but stronger than those of Gecko.

Anti-aging effect

Aging is a natural phenomenon and also represents the decline of various body functions. Taking seahorses can delay aging. From ancient times to the present, seahorses have been used as a tonic for longevity. Modern animal experiments have also proved that seahorse powder, decoction or wine-soaked preparations can resist aging. Long-term use by middle-aged and elderly people has a good health-care effect. Seahorses can prolong the hypoxia and survival time of mice (NiH male mice), prolong the swimming time of mice, show good stress resistance, enhance physical fitness and resistance to adverse external stimuli, and enhance the memory of animals. Seahorses have a significant effect on MAO-B (monoamine oxidase B) activity and lipid peroxidation. Pharmacological experiments on the preparation of seahorses and ginseng have shown that the duration of mouse swimming is significantly prolonged, and it can counteract the adverse effects of hydrocortisone-induced thymus atrophy in mice, showing the tonic effect of this preparation.

Anti-fatigue

Hippocampus can improve physical exercise ability, delay the occurrence of fatigue and accelerate fatigue recovery, and make people energetic after taking it. It can be used to improve work fatigue, memory loss, fatigue and dizziness.

Improve immunity

Hippocampus can significantly improve the immunity of humans and experimental animals. It can be taken regularly by patients who are weak, prone to illness, colds, coughs and asthma.

Has anticancer activity

Ingredients for making seahorse wine: 50g seahorse, 500ml white wine.

Preparation method: Grind the seahorse into powder and soak it in wine, drink it after 10 days, 2 times a day, 10ml each time.

Efficacy: warms the kidney and strengthens yang, activates blood circulation and dispels cold. It is suitable for chills, backache, fatigue, impotence, premature ejaculation, male infertility, urgency and frequency of urination, and injuries caused by kidney yang deficiency.

Note: Seahorse wine is sweet and warm in nature. It has the functions of warming the kidney and strengthening yang, regulating qi and activating blood circulation. It is often used clinically for impotence, premature ejaculation, low back pain, infertility and trauma caused by kidney yang deficiency. It has a good tonic and strengthening effect.

Suitable for people

Suitable people: Seahorse is a food with strong kidney-tonifying effect. It can nourish the kidney and strengthen yang, strengthen the waist, and warm the kidney. And because seahorse can open the Ren meridian and has the effect of activating blood circulation, it is especially suitable for adults with kidney deficiency, wheezing, sore waist and knees, and accumulation of symptoms.

Contraindications: Seahorse has a warm nature, therefore pregnant women and people with yin deficiency and excess fire should not take it.