Orchid clover

Orchid clover

(materia medica of Southern Yunnan)

[synonym] Huaye liangkuawa (common folk herbal medicine in Kunming).

[source] it is the whole plant of Cypripedium variegatum.

[plant morphology] Cypripedium variegatum

Perennial herbs. No main stem. The rhizome is short and thick, clumpy, dark brown, with leaf base at the upper end; the roots are many, long and curved, up to 16 cm. The leaves are large, 2 opposite, with brownish purple spots on them; the leaves are nearly round, leathery, about 10 cm in diameter, slightly narrow at the apex, rounded at the base, entire, light colored below, without spots, glabrous on both sides, with many parallel veins; without obvious stalk. Flowers large, solitary, about 6 cm in diameter, yellow green, with purple spots, perianth margin hairy; perianth outer ring 3, dorsal piece broadly ovate, about 5 cm long, lateral piece 2, connate, oblanceolate; inner ring piece 3, labellum oblong, slightly cucullate, about 24 mm long. Pedicel about 5 cm long. It blooms in summer.

It was born in high mountain area. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and Hubei.

[collection] collected in summer, fresh or dried.

[nature and taste] common folk herbs in Kunming: "sweet, mild and poisonous. "

Functions and indications: tonifying the liver and kidney, harmonizing Qi and blood, and promoting urination. It is used to treat cloudiness, night blindness, edema, Qi and hematoma.

① "Diannan Materia Medica": "it can cure all kinds of eye cloudiness. And can save all edema, emphysema, hematoma. "

② Common folk herbs in Kunming: "tonifying liver and kidney, regulating qi and blood, diuresis. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.

[selected formula] for cloud and mist, night blindness, edema, emphysema and hematoma: take three to five coins of orchid and clover in water. (common folk herbs in Kunming)