肉苁蓉也叫沙漠人参、大芸、寸芸、苁蓉、地精等,为名贵中药。主产内蒙古、甘肃、新疆、青海等地,生于湖边、沙地中,寄生于藜科植物梭树(盐木)的根上,属世界濒危保护植物。肉苁蓉气微,味甜、微苦,归肾、大肠经。春季苗未出土或刚出土时采挖,除去花序,干燥后切片生用。 Cistanche deserticola is also called desert ginseng, Daxu, Cinnamomum camphora, Cistanche, goblin and so on. It is a rare Chinese medicine. It is mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places. It was born in the lakeside and sandy areas and parasitized on the roots of the saccharic tree (saltwood) of the Polygonaceae family. It is an endangered plant in the world. Cistanche gas micro, sweet, bitter, return to the kidney, large intestine. Spring seedlings were excavated when they were not unearthed or had just been excavated, and the inflorescences were removed and dried for slicing.