Iris confusa

Iris confusa

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

Another name: Bai Dieda, Jian Xueguan.

[source] it is the rhizome of Liliaceae.

[plant morphology] Sagittaria pedunculata

Perennial herbs. The underground rhizome is stout, transverse, with obvious nodes and fibrous roots on the nodes. Leaves alternate, ovate elliptic or oblong, 10-15 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, base extended into a stalk, amplexicaul, entire, parallel, veins many and obvious. Spikes terminal or axillary, flowers white. Berry globose, ripe red, with 1 seed.

It is found in the mountains where the forest is sparse and humid. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] all year round. Wash the bamboo leaves, and then grind them for three hours.

[pharmacological action] the pharmacological action of this product has not been reported. In the same genus, the yellow flower of Yunnan is used to "detumescence". The results showed that the rhizome tincture had cardiotonic effect on the heart of frog, rabbit, cat and isolated guinea pig. The time of cardiotonic action, the time of action peak, the time of poisoning and the time of cardiac arrest were all close to digitalis, so it might be a kind of slow acting cardioglycosides. Its biological activity (pigeon method) is twice as low as digitalis. In addition, kaempferin extracted from T. fimbriata hand. - Mazz. From Yunnan Province has a typical digitalis like effect, but it seems to be a kind of fast acting cardioside. The pigeon was completely eliminated from the body after 24 hours of oral administration. The minimum lethal dose to pigeons was 1.394 ± 0.069 mg / kg, which was 1 / 8 of that of strobiloside g, but slightly higher than that of huangjiaoside; its therapeutic index was 3.12, which was higher than that of strobiloside g (2.31). It has no hemolytic effect and is stable to heat.

It's hard work, cold and poisonous.

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, stopping bleeding and detumescence.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of traumatic bleeding, traumatic injury and gastric bleeding: one or two fresh roots of Bambusa oblongata, fried in water and taken with wine; external powder spread on the affected area.

② Treatment of red eye fog, tonsillitis, lymphadenitis: flat bamboo orchid powder 5 points, boiled water delivery service. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine comes from nature and taste)