Bletilla striata

Bletilla striata

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonyms] glutinous Bletilla striata and xiaobaiji (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), and Dugu (Guizhou medicinal plant catalogue).

[source] it is the tuber of Cymbidium yunnanense.

[plant morphology] Lycoris yunnanensis

Perennial herbs, 15-25 cm high. Tuber is thick, horn shape ovoid, white. The leaves are single leaf, from the rhizome after anthesis, ovate lanceolate, with parallel veins, entire, from the rhizome, single flower terminal, peach red. Capsule, seed minute.

Born in the shade and damp place under the forest. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] autumn collection. Wash, slice, dry or fresh.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, flat. "

Functions and indications: tonifying the lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, hemostasis and muscle regeneration. Treatment of silicosis, tuberculosis, pertussis, tracheitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, carbuncle, traumatic bleeding.

① Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "relieving cough and resolving phlegm, tonifying lung and promoting muscle. "

② Guizhou medicine and plant Catalogue: "clearing away heat and toxin, relieving cough. "

③ Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine selection: "moisten the lung, stop bleeding. Treatment of silicosis, tuberculosis, tracheitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, traumatic bleeding, furuncle, traumatic injury. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan; or powder. External use: tamping or grinding powder scattering.

[selection] 1. For pertussis, tuberculosis and tracheitis: Bletilla striata. Powder, mix with honey.

② Treatment of heat asthma: Bletilla striata three money. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of suppurative osteomyelitis (caused by fracture): Bletilla striata powder money. Wine is served.

④ Cure sore carbuncle red swelling: fresh single leaf Bletilla root mash apply the affected area. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)