Taro
(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)
[synonyms] tuanyao and Wanhong (Dai name).
[source] tuber of Araceae plant taro.
[plant morphology] taro
Herbaceous, 20-40 cm high. Tuber long oval, many fibrous roots. The leaves are oval, membranous, 15-20 cm long, 6-8 cm wide, apex pointed, base heart-shaped, smooth and glabrous. The inflorescence stalk is short, the spathe is open; the fleshy inflorescence is shorter than the spathe; the flower is monoecious, the male and female flowers are close; the perianth is absent; the male flower has 3-6 pseudostamens, which are united into a column; the female flower has 2-5 rod-shaped pseudostamens; the ovary is 1-locular, with multiple ovules. Berries ovate.
Born in the forest ditch next to the wet fertile place. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.
[collection] all year round. Wash, slice, sun dry, or powder.
[flavor] warm, pungent and poisonous.
Functions and indications: shujinluo, Qufengshi, Zhitong, xiaoyansanjiao. It is used to treat traumatic injury, fracture, traumatic bleeding, rheumatic lumbocrural pain, rheumatoid arthritis, stomachache, gastroenteritis and scraping.
[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or soak wine, 0.5-1 Liang, 1 jin, twice a day, 10 ml each time. External use: tamping or grinding powder scattering.
[should not] pregnant women should not use it.
Chinese PinYin : Xiang Yu
Taro
Grass knot of cattle and sheep. Niu Yang Cao Jie