Bulbous orchid

Bulbous orchid

(Fujian folk herbal medicine)

[synonyms] Cymbidium, yuxiuqiu (flora of Guangzhou), tiejiabei, jinxueqiu, niushehuang, shibimei, jinsiye, Xiuqiu (Fujian folk herbal medicine), dashixiantao (flora of Nanning City), climbing rock board, straw shoe board (Guizhou folk medicine).

[source] it is the vine or leaf of Asclepiadaceae.

[plant morphology] bulbous orchid

Vines are perennial and rich in milk. Stem thin, slightly fleshy, surface grayish yellow, often with adventitious roots. Leaves opposite, thick and fleshy, ovate cordate to ovate elliptic, 4-9 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, apex short, base rounded or cuneate; veins pinnate. Umbels axillary racemose; flowers fleshy, petiole 2-4cm long, hairy; calyx small, 5-lobed, reddish, hairy; corolla white, lobes 5, broad ovate; corona 5-lobed, star awn, connate with stamen column; stamen column short, anther glued, pollen block yellow, 1 per chamber; carpel 2, separate, oblong, style 2. Follicles linear. The flowering period is from May to June.

Born on a cliff in a wet valley. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] it can be harvested all year round, fresh or dried in the sun.

[chemical constituents] the stem and leaf contain globin, which is similar to Celastrus angulatus. The content of the leaf is 0.76%. It also contains sitosterol and fatty oil.

Bitter and smooth.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "bitter, flat.". "

② "Guizhou folk medicine": "taste slightly sweet, warm, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Treatment of lung heat, cough, carbuncle, rash, breast milk, joint pain, orchitis.

① Fujian folk herbal medicine: "dispel wind and dampness, clear liver heat, eliminate carbuncle and swelling. "

② "Nanning drug records": "oral administration of phlegm, cough, Xiaoshi Quji. External use of detumescence and pain relief, Dieda Jiegu, Huang (simmer salt). "

③ Guizhou folk medicine: "tonifying weakness, promoting lactation. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: Decoction (not long), 2-3 yuan (fresh 1-3 Liang), or mashed juice. External use: tamping.

[formula selection] ① for pneumonia or measles complicated with pneumonia: seven to eight pieces of fresh bulbous leaves, washed with cold boiled water, mashed and boiled. (Quanzhou green herbal medicine)

② Treatment of carbuncle at the beginning: Ball orchid fresh leaves a grip, add brown sugar five money (if there is dizzy burning, then add a small cup of honey), mash, heat, paste on the affected area, change twice a day. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of milk women milk less: Ball orchid, to ginseng each three money, ginger three. Stew or porridge. (Guizhou folk medicine)

④ Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis pain: Ball orchid fresh whole grass four Liang, and pig feet (seven inches) one, rice wine four Liang, drink water fried, two, three times service. (Fujian folk herbal medicine)

⑤ Treatment of orchitis: fresh bulbous orchid leaves two to three Liang. Mash and stew. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

⑥ Treatment: fresh bulbous leaves. Mash and mix honey for external application. (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

[clinical application] 1

Take 1 liang of Bulbus Cymbidium (2-3 leaves per year for children), mash the juice, mix honey or fry it in water. More than 40 cases of lobar pneumonia and bronchopneumonia were observed, which proved to be effective. The effect of cough with lung heat is the best, while that with cold phlegm is the worst. In addition, 3-11 leaves of bulbous orchid and 3-11 water chestnuts were used to wash and wring juice or decoct with water. Two to three times a day. 9 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia in the late stage of measles were treated. Most of them took medicine for 1-3 days and their temperature tended to be normal.

② Treatment of Japanese encephalitis

Take the fresh bulbous leaves, mash the juice, add 30% glucose and 0.6% chloroform. 10 ml for 1-2 years old, 20 ml for 5-6 years old and 30 ml for over 10 years old, 3-4 times a day. Among 35 cases treated, 33 cases were cured and 2 cases were ineffective. According to the observation, the patients with partial dampness can increase the secretion of phlegm and saliva after medication. It is necessary to combine syndrome differentiation and treatment with other drugs to improve the curative effect.

Chinese PinYin : Qiu Lan