Colocasia esculenta

Colocasia esculenta

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the root and rhizome of Hemerocallis Sanguinalis.

[plant morphology] blood water plant, also known as broad flat line, tied with fairy rope.

Perennial herb with red yellow juice. Rhizomes transverse. Leaf blade ovate heart-shaped, 3-9 cm long, 5-10 cm wide, pointed, margin undulate, turquoise above, grayish green below, basal veins 5-7, veinlets reticulate. The flower stems are drawn from the leaves, with a few flowers, 4 cm in diameter, forming a sparse cyme; the calyx is full of buds, the apex is long and acuminate, and it breaks and falls off at flowering; the petals are 4, white, obovate; the stamens are many, the filaments are thin, and the anthers are dark yellow; the pistils are green, the style is single, and the tip is 2-lobed. Capsule, many seeds. The flowering period is from April to May.

They are distributed in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian and other places.

The whole herb of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] from September to October.

[nature and taste] records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine: "it is warm in nature, bitter in taste and has little poison. "

Functions and indications: promoting Qi, activating blood circulation and detoxifying. It is used to treat tuberculosis, lumbago, contusion and tinea in children.

① Guizhou folk medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, treating tinea in children. "

② "Promoting qi and activating blood circulation" in Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals. Treatment of cough, injury and low back pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 2-5 yuan; or soak in wine. External use: grind and apply.

[prescription selection] ① for lumbago due to labor injury: Guangbian thread, red silk thread, golden belt and jingucao. Wine making clothes. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

② Treatment of infantile fetal toxicity, sore itching: Yellow taro, sophora root, bird's nest mud each equal, a total of the end, transfer vegetable oil coated. Or fried and washed. (Guizhou folk medicine)