Lotus root

Lotus root

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

[synonyms] daliniuniu, dabaolabian, guashanhu (essential preparation of raw herbs), niudali, bashanhu (Lingnan herbs collection record), lotus root (Luchuan materia medica), lotus root (Nanning medicinal records), Caulis Spatholobi, dalianhu (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List), Dalishu (Guangzhou army's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine), inverted Golden Bell (Guangzhou Air Force's Manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of the leguminous plant Lepidoptera Meili.

[plant morphology] yadouteng Meili

The shrub is 1-3 meters long. The root system has a long transverse extension. There are swollen and thick tuberous roots in the middle or tail, and the outer skin is yellowish. Twigs densely covered with white hairs, finally falling off. The leaflets are oblong lanceolate, 5-7 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex obtuse or short acuminate; the base is nearly round, glabrous on the top, densely hairy on the back, especially on the vein; the petioles and petioles are densely covered with white trichomes, and there is a pair of needle like stipules on the base. Racemes, usually axillary, sometimes terminal panicles with leaves, up to 30 cm long; flowers ca. 2.5 cm long, white, mixed with yellow; 2 callose appendages at base of flag petal; stamens in 2 bodies. Pods 9-13 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, hard leathery, beaked at the apex, densely covered with hairs. Seeds 4-5, suborbicular, compressed, surface dark brown or reddish brown. The flowering period is summer and autumn. The fruit period is late autumn.

Born in valleys, roadsides, shrubs. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] digging in summer and autumn, drying in the sun.

Sweet and cold.

① "Preparation of raw herbal medicine for human nature": it tastes sweet, but it's dangerous. "

② Lu Chuan's materia medica: "bitter, cold. "

③ "Nanning drug records": "Gan, Ping, non-toxic. "

Functions and indications: moistening the lung and nourishing the kidney, clearing away heat and relieving cough. Treatment of cough due to lung deficiency.

① "Preparation of the nature of raw herbal medicine": "strengthen the muscles and bones, relieve heat and toxin, manage internal injuries, treat traumatic injuries, soak wine and nourish the kidney. "

② Lu Chuan materia medica: "clearing lung, relieving cough, cooling and detoxifying. Treatment of hemoptysis, dysentery, febrile disease, body heat, thirst, dizziness. "

③ "Runfei Zhike" is one of the most important medical records in Nanning. Treatment of asthma, cough, pneumonia, hernia. "

④ "Shujin Huoluo, Buxu Runfei" is a common Chinese herbal medicine manual of Guangzhou army. For lumbago, rheumatism, chronic hepatitis and tuberculosis. "

⑤ Guangzhou Air Force "commonly used Chinese herbal medicine manual": "treatment of lumbar muscle strain, ulcer, traumatic injury sequelae. "

⑥ "Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine": "treatment of lung deficiency cough, postpartum weakness, limb weakness, carbuncle sores. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 Liang; or soaking in wine.

Chinese PinYin : Shan Lian Ou