Rhizoma zingiberensis

Rhizoma zingiberensis

(notes on materia medica)

[synonyms]? (Guangya), Jianghui (Wu Dufu), Shanjiang (Guangzhou flora), Jianghuo, jianganfeng (China Economic flora), zuoguan, Jianggan, Daguan, Jiangye Yinyanghuo (Guizhou herbal medicine).

[source] rhizome of Zingiberaceae.

[plant morphology] galanga officinalis

Perennial herbs. Rhizome creeping, fleshy. Stem slender, even inflorescence less than 1 m high. Leaves 2-row, lanceolate, 15-25 cm long, 3.5-7 cm wide, apex acuminate, base narrowly long cuneate; with short petiole; tongue very short, truncate or 2-lobed, apex often hairy: petiole sheathing amplexicaul. Racemose panicle terminal, 10-15 cm long, branches very short, the lower part of 2-3 flowers; the lowest bracts rectangular round, white, flowering is not obvious; calyx tubular, 3-4 mm long; flowers sessile, white, with red spots, tube length about 5 mm, lobes rectangular round, lip broad ovate, sessile, apex concave; stamen 1, staminode small, petal shaped; ovary 1 Next. Capsule spherical, as large as pea, with several seeds. The flowering period is from May to July. The fruit period is from June to August.

It grows in wet places such as valleys, streams, and under sparse forests. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Fujian.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[chemical constituents] the oil content of the seed is 0.6%, which contains 0.5% palmitic acid and a phenolic substance. The low temperature fraction of the oil contains 7% 1,8-cineole, and the high temperature fraction contains 30% α - caryophyllene and a sesquiterpenol. It also contains galangin and kaempferol.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

① Materia medica: hot. "

② "Compendium": "pungent, hot, non-toxic. "

③ Guizhou herbal medicine: "Xin, Wen. "

Functions and indications: warming stomach, dispersing cold, eliminating food and relieving pain. It is used to treat stomachache, distension, dysphagia, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and cold pain of rheumatoid joint.

① "Materia medica collection": "the main stomach cold, spit water, do not eat. "

② The Compendium: "warming the middle and lower Qi, digestion and intelligence. "

③ "The treatment of stomachache" in the textual research on the names, facts and pictures of plants. "

④ Guizhou herbal medicine: "dispersing cold, relieving pain, relieving asthma. "

⑤ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "treatment of stomach cold pain, choking, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, dyspepsia. "

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of tuberculosis and cough: ginger, dried ginger and walnut kernel are five yuan each. Steam honey for one or two.

② Treatment of stomachache: ginger one or two. Simmer water clothes.

③ Treatment of asthma and cough: appropriate amount of ginger. Soak children's stool for three days and take it out to dry. Use one or two to soak half a jin of wine. Five yuan each morning and evening.

④ Treatment of rheumatoid cold pain: ginger, stem, camphor root, red hemp each one or two. Simmer water clothes. (Guizhou herbal medicine was selected)

Chinese PinYin : Lian Jiang