Sea leek

Sea leek

(manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

It's a cold name.

[source] it is the whole grass and fruit of ganodermaceae.

[plant morphology] Liriope rotundifolia, also known as tricuspid.

Perennial herbs, 20-30 cm high. The base of stem expanded. Leaves basal, linear, upper part slightly flat, lower part semicircular columnar, base widened into sheath. The stem is 5-30 cm high, with dense panicle raceme at the upper end; the flowers are small, yellow green, with short stalks; without bracts; perianth segments are 6, ovate, scalelike, arranged in 2 rings; stamens are 6, opposite perianth, few filaments; carpels are 6, style absent, stigma pinnate. The fruit is oblong, longitudinally furrowed and 6-valved at maturity. The flowering period is from June to July.

In Riverside wetlands, swamp meadows and shallow water. Distributed in Northeast, North China, northwest, southwest and other places.

[collection] the whole grass was harvested from June to July, washed, cut into sections and dried in the sun. The fruits were harvested from September to October.

[chemical constituents] the young fruit, flower, mature fruit, stem and leaf all contain hydrocyanic acid, and trace amounts of acetaldehyde and ethanol. The leaf also contains piperidine acid-2. The cyanoglucoside isolated from flowers is called Ophiopogon japonicus, which is hydrolyzed to produce 2-butene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid.

[nature and taste] 1. In the Tibetan Plateau medicine illustrated book: "fruit: light, warm. "

② "Plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual": "whole grass: sweet, flat. "

[Guijing] treatment manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine: "entering lung, stomach and kidney three meridians. "

[functions and indications] ① the Tibetan Plateau medicine atlas: "fruit: nourishing, antidiarrheal, sedative. Treat eye pain. "

② "Plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment manual": "whole herb: clearing heat and nourishing Yin, generating fluid and relieving thirst. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-4 yuan.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of high fever, Yin injury (dehydration), red face, crimson tongue, irritability, cold limbs, spontaneous sweating, weak pulse: Sea leek, oyster, fried soup. (manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)

② Treatment of diarrhea due to spleen deficiency: Sea leek with rapeseed, fragrant green, fried soup. (manual of plateau Chinese herbal medicine treatment)