Lotus Blue and white

Lotus Blue and white

(Tianmu Zhi Zhi, Zhejiang)

[synonyms] concanavalis, Acorus tatarinowii, Panax notoginseng, and Rattus macrophyllus.

[source] it is the root of Lotus Blue and white.

[plant morphology] Lotus Blue and white

Perennial herb, about 30 cm high, with yellow sap in stems and leaves. Stem erect, upper part slightly branched, with scattered hairs. Its basal leaves have long petioles, 5-7 leaflets, short petioles, broadly ovate to rhomboid ovate, 2.5-10 cm long and 1.2-4 cm wide, with sharp apex, cuneate base, notched and irregularly serrated margin; its stem leaves have 3-5 leaflets. The flowers are bisexual, sepals 2, green, narrowly ovate, 1.5-1.7 cm long, caducous; petals 4, yellow, round ovate, 2.5 cm long; stamens numerous; pistils composed of 2 carpels, style short, stigma 2-lobed. The fruit is a capsule, linear, 3-5 cm long, 3 mm wide, with many seeds. The flowering period is from April to June. The fruit period is from June to July.

Born in the shade and wet place under the forest. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Jilin and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[chemical constituents] the alkaloids in roots and aerial parts were 0.1% and 0.06% respectively. The alkaloids are cryptopinine, allocryptopinine, protoopioid, alkaloid, alkaloid, sanguinarine, erythroline, chelerythrine, chelerythrine, chelerythrine, haematoxyline and tetrahydroberberine.

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

[function indications] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "dispel wind and dampness, relax muscles and activate collaterals, disperse blood stasis and detumescence, relieve pain and stop bleeding. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, strain, injury. "

Usage: 1 ~ 3 times of decoction.

[prescription selection] treatment of fatigue of limbs, sallow complexion and thin flesh: Lotus Blue and white flower for three to four coins, steamed with brown sugar and yellow rice wine. Take it every morning and evening before meals. (records of yam planting in Tianmu, Zhejiang)