Sugar root

Sugar root

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Rhizoma Coptidis, Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Herba Sarcandrae, Rhizoma ginseng, Rhizoma Polygoni Multiflori, Herba Jiegudan, orchid, orchid, and red ginseng.

[source] it is the whole plant of xiaotoulianghou tea.

[plant morphology] xiaotoulianghou tea

Subshrub climbing vines, up to 1-3 m high. Single leaf opposite, ovate elliptic or lanceolate, 6-10 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, apex pointed, base round, entire, dark green above, brown below, membranous, veins 3-5 pairs; petiole 3-5 mm long; Stipule 3-4 mm long. Cymes capitate, terminal or axillary; flowers pale green. Capsule small. The seeds are numerous and very small. The flowering and fruiting period is from March to November.

It grows in the wild, sparse forests and shrubs.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, washed and chopped, fresh or dried.

Light and warm.

Functions and indications: dispersing cold, dredging collaterals, nourishing blood and stopping malaria.

[selection] 1. To treat malaria and cold: take the whole plant of shatanggen for three to five dollars, and take it in water.

② Treatment of fracture: fresh sugar root combined with mashed bag.

③ Treatment of Qi and blood loss: the root of sugar root two money, wine service.