Mountain Vanilla

Mountain Vanilla

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[source] it is the whole herb of kaempferulaceae.

[plant morphology] Vanilla

Herbs perennial, about 60-90 cm high. Stem erect, square, purplish, densely pubescent. Leaves opposite; petiolate; leaf blade ovate or ovate lanceolate, 3-9 cm long, 1.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, extending down to petiole, margin coarsely obtuse toothed, densely covered with short villi below. Cymes integrated into panicles, opposite to stem apex and leaf axils; calyx campanulate, pubescent outside; corolla purple, lip-shaped, corolla tube base contracted. Nutlets are round.

Born on grass slope and roadside. Distributed in Guizhou, Zhejiang and other places.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

Functions and indications: expel wind and remove dampness, relax muscles and activate collaterals.

[selection] ① for cold and headache: one or two herbs. Simmer water clothes.

② Treatment of rheumatic muscle pain: Mountain vanilla three Liang. Take one jin of wine, one or two in the morning and one or two in the evening.

③ Treatment of joint pain: Mountain vanilla half a Jin. Simmer water to wash the affected area.