Unicorn tail

Unicorn tail

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonyms] Shiwei grass (Lingnan medicine collection record), Penglai banana and Guibei bamboo (flora of Guangzhou), yuyeteng and guoshanbiao (Guangxi medicine plant list), Shangshu Baizu and Shangshu centipede (Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases prescription selection).

[source] it is the whole plant of the species of Arisaema.

[plant morphology] Unicorn tail

Evergreen rattan, climbing on trees or stones with air roots. Stem stout, about 2.5 cm in diameter, rooting on nodes. The leaves are extremely large and long petiolate; when young, they are narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, oblong, heart-shaped at base, entire; when growing up, they are oblong, pinnately lobed, almost reaching the midvein, 30-50 cm long and 20-40 cm wide, with numerous small holes on both sides of midvein; the lobes are 4-10 pairs, sword shaped and slightly curved, 3-7 cm wide, several equal width at both ends, the apex obliquely truncated, the tip raised, 1-2 pairs of lateral veins; the petioles are 2 pairs long The length of humeral segment is 2-5 cm. The inflorescence stalk is cylindrical, thick, 10-15 cm long; the spathe is 10-12 cm long, green outside and light yellow inside; the fleshy inflorescence is sessile, 10 cm long and 2 cm in diameter; the perianth is absent; the filament is short and flat; the ovary is 1-locular, and the stigma is linear. It blooms in spring.

Born in the forest. It is distributed in the south of China.

[nature and taste] thousand kinds of herbs in South China: "light, slightly astringent, flat. "

[functions and indications] ① prescription selection of Wuzhou herbal medicine and common diseases: "Qinggan Liangxue, detumescence and detoxification. It can be used to treat red swelling and pain of eyes, epistaxis, carbuncle, sore, swelling of scrotum and breast sores. "

② "Guangxi botanical catalogue": "root and vine can promote blood circulation, disperse blood stasis, clear away heat and dampness, reduce swelling and relieve pain. It is used to treat contusion, fracture, snake injury, carbuncle, pertussis, eye pain, epistaxis, etc. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 3-5 yuan (fresh 1-2 Liang); or stewed meat. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[prescription selection] 1. Treatment of phlegm fire fever: qilinwei and pig meat soup. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)

② Treatment of nosebleed: Unicorn tail, decoction. (collection of herbs in Lingnan)