Shi Fengdan

Shi Fengdan

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] shifengdan, orchid grass (Chengdu "commonly used herbal medicine treatment manual").

[source] it is the whole plant of Orchidaceae.

[plant morphology] Cymbidium goeringii

Perennial herbs. The root is thick and fibrous. Stem 30-90 cm high, usually leafy. Leaves large and thick, rectangular round, 8-15 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base gradually narrow, long and thick stalk, uppermost degenerate into sheath bracts. Spikes dense, 7-15 cm long; bracts membranous, about as long as flowers; flowers small, white and light green, about 3 mm in diameter, fragrant; sepals ovate, about 2 mm long; petals narrow, spatulate, labial saccate, inner surface pilose, apex obtuse, outer reflexed, inner surface with 2 hard convex bodies. Capsule fusiform. The flowering period is spring and summer.

It grows on the mountain, stream and wetland, or on the stone wall. It is distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangdong.

[collection] harvest in winter.

[medicinal material] the whole plant is dry, several of which are gray brown, curving and intertwined with each other, and the surface is covered with yellow floss. Leaves oblong lanceolate, brownish yellow or greenish, shrunken, tough and not easily broken. No gas, spicy taste.

Produced in Sichuan.

Bitter, pungent and warm.

① "Textual research on the names and facts of plants:" it is warm in nature, bitter in taste and non-toxic. "

② Chengdu "commonly used herbal medicine treatment manual": "warm in nature, bitter and pungent in taste. "

Functions and indications: dispelling wind and removing dampness, nourishing blood and relaxing tendons. Treatment of wind cold dampness Bi, hemiplegia.

① Textual research on the names and facts of plants: "nourishing blood, soothing liver, benefiting qi, nourishing kidney. Enter tendons to dispel wind and bone to remove dampness. "

② "Collection of commonly used folk herbs": "for joint pain, rheumatism and paralysis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan; or soak in wine.

[taboo] Chengdu Chinese herbal medicine: "pregnant women should not use it. "

[selection] treatment of hemiplegia: shifengdan, Honghuoma, hongniuxi, stewed beef. (Chengdu Chinese herbal medicine)