Chinese herb

Chinese herb

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonym] Yejiang, duyetai, sihehong and Caogou (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the fruit of Herba sarcocarpae of Zingiberaceae.

[plant morphology] tsaokuo medicine, also known as liangjianghua (Atlas of Materia Medica in South Yunnan), wild ginger flower.

Perennial herbs. It is more than 1 meter high. The rhizome is massive. Stem erect, stout. Leaves 2-row, sessile. Leaf sheath tubular, 15 cm long; ligule 2.5 cm long, ovate triangular, margin red; leaf blade oblong lanceolate, 30 cm long, 10 cm wide, apex short acuminate, base cuneate, margin slightly undulate. Spikes terminal, 10-20 cm long; bracts oblong, about 2.5 cm long, blunt, both sides involute, light green yellow; bracteoles 1, shaped like bracts; calyx tube tube, 3.5 cm long; corolla tube about 2 times or less than calyx tube, lobes tile, reflexed, linear oblanceolate, light yellow white; lateral staminodes narrow. Petal shaped, about 3.5 cm long; labellum as long as both sides, spatulate obovate, deeply 2-lobed, clawed, white, base stained red; filaments tubular, orange red. Anthers long and narrow, orange red, dorsal; ovary inferior, style passing through anthers, stigma inflated. Capsule oblate, ca. 2. 5 cm in diam., with inconspicuous 3 edges. Seeds ovate, red, ca. 4 mm. The flowering period is from June to July. The fruit ripens from October to November.

Born in the shady and wet place on the hillside. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

The rhizome of this plant (Alpinia officinarum) is also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[nature and taste] materia medica of Southern Yunnan: "the nature is warm, the taste is pungent and slightly bitter. "

Functions and indications: warming the stomach, drying dampness, regulating qi and eliminating food. Treatment of stomach cold pain, food accumulation, abdominal distension, cold hernia, malaria.

① "South Yunnan Materia Medica" says: "it can regulate qi in a broad way, eliminate the expansion of the chest and diaphragm, stimulate the appetite and eliminate the persistent food. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "warming stomach, dispersing cold, drying dampness, treating stomach cold pain, dyspepsia, malaria. "

③ "Kunming folk commonly used herbs": "dispersing cold and relieving pain, relaxing the middle and regulating qi. Treatment of stomach cold, pain, vomiting, cold hernia, Qitong. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or grind powder.

[selected prescription] nine kinds of Stomach Qi pain, face cold pain, swelling pain: two liang of caokuo medicine (xinwabao) and three coins of Muxiang. The total is fine. One money for each service, hot wine service. (materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

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