Loquat taro

Loquat taro

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] loquat jade (Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine), thousand jin weight (selected from the exhibition? Infectious diseases).

[source] it is the tuber of Sedum sarmentosum.

[plant morphology] Sedum sarmentosum

Parasitic herbs, 15-30 cm high, glabrous. Tubers subglobose. Stem fleshy, single, terete, brown. Most of the scale leaves are imbricate, triangular ovate, apex obtuse, 1-1.8 cm long. Inflorescence spicate, half or longer than stem; flowers without bracteoles, nearly sessile, calyx cup-shaped, with 5 irregular lobes; corolla 2-lipped, 1.5-2 cm long, lower lip remote short, with inconspicuous 3-toothed cleft, stamens protruding outside corolla; carpel 3. Capsule ovoid, 3-valved.

Born in the mountain golden back loquat forest. It is distributed in Shaanxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei and other places.

[collection] it is used for digging and drying in early summer.

[nature and taste] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "astringent, slightly bitter, warm, with little poison. "

[function indications] warming kidney, reducing distension and relieving pain. For abdominal distension, stomachache, hernia, strain, cough and schistosomiasis.

① Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "Regulating Qi and relieving pain, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, reducing distension and strengthening stomach. For abdominal distension, stomachache, hernia, strain and cough. "

② Common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet: "tonifying kidney and Yang, strengthening muscles and bones. It is used to treat backache, leg pain and impotence. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-2 yuan.

[taboo] Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "anti taro seven.". "

[selection] treatment of schistosomiasis: Qianjin weighs one to two coins (increase or decrease according to the physical strength), while Weilingxian, areca, Baibu and huocaohen each have three coins. Decoction for half an hour, 30 ml each time, three times a day. Fifteen to twenty days is a course of treatment. (selected works on infectious diseases)