Baibu mountain

Baibu mountain

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

It's also called broomstick, broomstick and broomstick.

[source] it is the tuberous root of Liliaceae.

[plant morphology] Baibu mountain

Perennial herbs, 65-100 cm high. Rhizome transverse, clustered fleshy root more than ten, the apex expanded spindle shaped. The stem base is brownish, with many branches. The leaves degenerate into oval triangular scales, light brown, and the apex is subulate. The axils of the leaves are clustered, and the branches are 5-12, filiform, 3-7 mm long. Flowers small, white, solitary leaf axils, corolla campanulate, apex 6-lobed, arranged in 2 whorls. Berries small globose. The seeds are small. It blooms in summer.

Born in the wild.

[collection] dig roots in winter, wash, remove fibrous roots, boil for about half an hour, then peel and dry.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature and sweet in taste.

Functions and indications: relieving cough, resolving phlegm and relieving asthma. It can cure cough, phlegm and Qi.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.

Chinese PinYin : Shan Bai Bu