Sea cucumber

Sea cucumber

(selected Chinese herbal medicines in Yunnan)

[source] it is the root of Asclepiadaceae.

[plant morphology] morningia tenuifolia

Perennial herbs, 20-30 cm high. The root is cylindrical, fleshy, with brown outer skin and yellowish inner surface. Single leaf alternate, often dense, linear, 8-15 cm long, 1-2 cm wide, apex obtuse, base gradually narrowed or sheathed, margin with bristles, lateral veins parallel. Flowers purplish red, lip shaped, about 3 cm long, densely whorled, arranged in spikes, often drooping; bracts broad, leaflike, margin spiny.

Most of them live in mountains and forests. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

The root of the same plant is also used as medicine.

[collection] collected in autumn and winter, dried or fresh.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, slightly bitter, warm. "

[function indications] for neurasthenia, cough, traumatic fracture, leucorrhea, impotence.

① Selected Yunnan Chinese herbal medicines: "Yiwei, sedation, kidney tonifying, Yang strengthening. Treatment of neurasthenia, dyspepsia, uterine prolapse, leucorrhea, impotence. "

② Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "invigorate Qi and blood, connect muscles and bones. Treatment of neurosis, anemia, lung deficiency, cough, traumatic injury, fracture. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang; or stewed meat. External use: tamping.