Epiphyllum Epiphyllum

Epiphyllum Epiphyllum

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

[synonyms] Qionghua, Fenghua and Trollius (New Chinese medicine 9 (6): 501958).

[source] it is the flower of Epiphyllum, a cactus plant.

Epiphyllum Epiphyllum

Erect shrubs, more than 1 m long. The main branch is cylindrical, the branch is flat, green, leafy, the edge is wavy, the middle rib is thick, and there is no leaf. The flower is large in shape, about 30 cm in length and 10 cm in width. It opens at night, with a short opening period of only a few hours. The perianth tube is long and weak, 13-15 cm in length and 1 cm in width. The tube droops when the flower opens, and bends upward when the flower opens. The perianth is white and yellow when it is dry. The lower part is scaly, oval, about 3 mm long, and the middle part is calyx flaky, linear to linear lanceolate, long About 5 cm, upper petal shaped, lanceolate to oblong lanceolate, about 6 cm long and 3 cm wide; stamens slender, mostly in bundles; style white, protruding from stamens, stigma linear, 16-18-lobed. The fruit is oblong, red and juicy. More seeds, black. The flowering period is summer and autumn.

Most of them are planted in gardens.

Lu Chuan's materia medica: "flat, light. "

[function indications] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "clearing lung, relieving cough, resolving phlegm. The treatment of heart and stomach qi pain, hematemesis, the most suitable for tuberculosis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-6 yuan.

Chinese PinYin : Tan Hua