Pharmacological effects 
 A. Impact on sexual function, Epimedium can enhance the secretion of the hypothalamus - pituitary - gonadal axis and adrenal cortex axis, thymus, axis and other endocrine system functions. Epimedium cook to extract 1ml/100g weight for female rats, 5 days after pituitary luteinizing releasing hormone response and ovarian luteinizing hormone reactivity; significant increase in the normal rat anterior pituitary, ovary, uterus weight. Epimedium reminder kinky role, which is to stimulate the sensory nerves indirectly excited semen hypersecretion, seminal vesicle filled with sexual desire. Epimedium fluid extracts promote the secretion of canine semen, the strongest of its leaves and roots, fruit, followed by the weakest stems; increase the weight of the prostate, seminal vesicle, levator ani muscle (mouse) that prostitution sheep hopane extract male hormone-like role and its effectiveness compared with Cnidium weak, but stronger than the hippocampus and the Gecko injection of its extract 20mg ~ 40mg, its effectiveness with 7.5 μg testosterone role of considerable The products of Epimedium gun also significantly improved sexual function and enhance the role of plasma testosterone was no significant difference in its intensity and intramuscular injection of testosterone, and significantly promote the proliferation and secretion of testicular tissue. Epimedium compound has a similar role. Epimedium can increase 17 - rat urine ketone content, suggesting that may improve the role of the adrenal. Taking Epimedium patients with chronic bronchitis, urinary 17 - ketosteroid 24-hour excretion of average rebounded significantly, even more than the normal level. - Hydroxy corticosteroids 24 hours excretion of urinary 17 after treatment, no significant improvement, suggesting that Epimedium has hormone-like role. Two. Anti-aging effects experiments show that: Epimedium flavonoids gavage significantly restore the D-galactose model male mouse T and B lymphocyte proliferative response function, and can significantly improve the total SOD activity of mouse liver, reducing liver tissue lipid peroxidation in the formation of reduced lipofuscin formation of the heart, liver and other tissues, but no significant decrease in brain lipofuscin. Epimedium compound Erxian the capsule suspension to extend the silkworm larval stage, pupal and adult stage, and total Couling; daily administration 1.25g/kg can reduce the mouse brain, heart, liver lipofuscin content in the blood IgG, increase in the level of total complement, neutrophil and peritoneal macrophage phagocytosis enhancements. 3. Epimedium polysaccharide and icariin on the contrary to the Ts cells effect on the immune system, Epimedium on the immune function, two-way adjustment. The experimental results show that: epimedium polysaccharide can promote donor mice SOI (ultra-appropriate dose immunization) induced Ts cells, enhanced the inhibition of receptor mouse antibody generated antibody levels were significantly lower than the SOI group; Icariin on Ts The cells produce a weakening of the role of antibody formation in recipient mice was significantly higher than the SOI group. There are reports that epimedium polysaccharide can affect the initial response and humoral immunity again. Also pointed out that epimedium polysaccharide 50mg/kg to mice were injected subcutaneously spleen antibody generated increased by 1 or more, also significantly increased serum antibody levels. Mice fed Icariin 20mg/kg every day, can make the spleen weight increased significantly, and can promote the proliferation of antigen-activated lymphocytes, and markedly increase the level of spleen antibody generated to mouse spleen hemolytic plaque forming digital display increased. Experiments show that. Total flavonoids can significantly promote the immune function, performance and improve the level of serum hemolysin, increasing the number of spleen PFC to promote the reaction of PHA-stimulated lymphocyte transformation and enhanced abdominal macrophage phagocytic function. The conditions of the given dose, thymus and spleen size, spleen nucleated cells and peripheral blood cell count had no significant effect measured at doses up to 100mg/kg, promote antibody generated but not obvious, the reason may be the effect of total flavonoids in an optimal dose or there is interference with immune function composition. The experiments show that: Epimedium can significantly improve the phagocytic function of macrophages. Epimedium polysaccharide to mice subcutaneously, enable the macrophage to chicken red blood cell phagocytic rate and phagocytic index significantly improved; epimedium total flavonoids mice were injected subcutaneously, enable the anti-lymphocyte serum caused by immune dysfunction and small The murine macrophage phagocytosis of carbon particles, the ability to return to normal levels. Epimedium can promote Ea rosette formation rate, the role of inhibition of lymphocyte ANAE (α-naphthol acetate enzyme esterase) activity. Epimedium water decoction when the concentration of 5mg/ml, can increase the Ea rosette rate, but had no effect on Et knot rate; 50mg/ml, concentration can reduce the Et knot rate, both the concentration of ANAE + lymphocyte percentage lower. Epimedium Flavonoids enable the "yang" of antibody-forming cells function and antibody titers tended to restore; can significantly promote the "yang" mouse lymphocyte stimulation index, so close to normal animals. 4. The role of the cardiovascular system is an isolated rabbit heart perfusion experiments to prove: Epimedium leaching solution and extracted amino acids from 200% Epimedium water extract of the film part of the coronary flow in isolated rabbit hearts were significantly increase. 200% Epimedium decoction 0.5ml isolated guinea pig hearts were perfused, allows it to coronary flow increased by an average of 126.6%. Part of the non-amino acid extracted from Epimedium to the dogs intravenously, can coronary flow increased significantly, and a significant reduction in coronary resistance but had no significant effect on the heart. Anesthetized rabbits intravenous injection of non-amino acid part of 1g/kg, the performance had to reduce the role of left ventricular diastolic blood pressure, and short-term to reduce the left ventricular diastolic pressures, but the effect is weak. Have a protective effect of the Epimedium non-amino acid part of pituitrin caused by acute myocardial ischemia, Hanako glycosides of poisonous hairs spin K and adrenaline in guinea pig arrhythmia, although it can not fight against, but can be significantly shorten its duration. Epimedium Flavonoids can improve hypoxia tolerance; slow down the rat heart rate, and confrontation isoproterenol accelerate the heart rate; increase in coronary flow in isolated rabbit heart; and the central inhibitory effect and weak antiarrhythmic effect.