巴戟天用于阳虚患者,似有雄激素作用;临床用治肾病以代考的松亦颇有效.但实验证明巴戟天与以上两种激素均异,而似有促肾上腺皮质激素样作用,可使幼鼠胸腺萎缩,抑制肉芽肿. Bajitian is used in patients with Yang deficiency, it seems to have androgen effect; clinical treatment of kidney disease to substitute for the test of pine is also quite effective. However, experiments have shown that the Morinda officinale and the above two hormones are different, but it seems that there are adrenocorticotropic hormone-like Effect, can make the young rat thymus atrophy, inhibit granuloma.