Sansevieria

Sansevieria

(Lu Chuan Ben Cao)

Another name: tiger tail.

[source] it is the leaf of the family agave.

[plant morphology] urophylla

Evergreen perennial herb. There are creeping rhizomes. No stem. Leaves usually 1-2, or 3-6 in bundles, hard leathery; linear lanceolate or long and narrow lanceolate, 30-120 cm long, 2.5-8 cm wide, apex short and pointed, with a green hard tip, middle gradually narrowed down, with white green and dark green cross stripes on both sides, edge green. The stem is 30-80 cm high, with pale brown and membranous sheath at the base; the bouquet has 3-8 flowers, which are solitary or 2-3 bundles forming a scattered group; the flowers are light green or green white; the petiole is 6-8 mm long, with nodes near the middle; perianth tube is 6-12 mm long, lobes are 6, linear, 1.4-1.8 cm long; stamens are 6; ovary is superior, 3-locular, stigma capitate. Berry globose, ca. 3 mm in diam. It blooms in winter.

Most of them are cultivated. It is distributed in Guangdong and Guangxi.

This variety is similar to this species, but its leaf margin is golden yellow. The function is basically the same.

[collection] available at any time.

[chemical constituents] this product contains Alabama sapogenin.

[nature and taste] Lu Chuan Ben Cao: "cool in nature, sour in taste. "

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treat cold, bronchitis, contusion, sore.

① "Lu Chuan Materia Medica": "detoxification, anti-inflammatory. It is used to treat falls, ulcers and snakebites. "

② Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, Removing Putrefaction and promoting muscle growth. Treatment of cold, cough, bronchitis, injury, carbuncle sore swelling poison, snake bite. "

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