Hairy potato

Hairy potato

(drug records of Nanning City)

[synonyms] Shenshu, Lidong, Dashu, Shuzi (flora of Guangzhou), Jiaoban, jiwo (flora of Nanning), Hongmao (flora of Guangxi).

[source] it is the tuber of Dioscorea zingiberensis.

[plant morphology] Shenshu

Perennial twining herbs. Tubers fleshy, up to 60 cm, various shapes and colors. Stem acute tetragonal or 4-narrowly winged, smooth glabrous. The leaves are opposite; there are usually more than one seed in the axils; the leaves are heart-shaped ovate to heart-shaped oblong, and the lobes are nearly round, 8-16 cm long. 5-8 cm wide, apex acute acuminate, base cordate, with 7-9 veins. The male inflorescence is axillary, narrowly conic, 20-30 cm long; the flowers are light green, alternate on the short spikes of "Z" shape, clustered raceme type, 1-1.5 mm long; the female inflorescence is simple spikes. Capsule leathery, elliptic, 3-winged. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit period is from August to September.

Cultivated or wild. Distributed in Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] excavate in early winter and wash away the soil.

[nature and taste] Nanning medical records: "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] 1. According to Nanning medical records, tubers can promote the granulation growth of ulcers. And have collect aquatic muscle, make sore face scar action. Yanmo decoction was used to treat fire wound and facial ulcers. With pig tendon meat clothing, treatment of prominent eyes, commonly known as crab eyes. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "invigorate the spleen and lung, astringent essence, detumescence, pain. "