Double cut vegetables

Double cut vegetables

(Guizhou herbal medicine)

[synonym] coir ginseng.

[source] it is the root of Asclepiadaceae.

[plant morphology] Rhododendron longifolia

Perennial climbing herbs. The stem is slender. Leaves opposite; petiolate; leaf blade narrowly lanceolate, 1.5-3.5 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, entire, both sides villous, margin dense. Flowers axillary, 1-2, with short pedicels; calyx small, 5-lobed, lobes linear lanceolate, glandular; corolla tubular, yellow, base expanded, apical 5-lobed, lobes apex united; ovary superior. Follicles lanceolate.

It grows on grass slope. It is distributed in Guizhou and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[flavor] pungent, slightly bitter, warm.

[function indications] expel wind, remove dampness and tonify deficiency.

[prescription selection] ① for beriberi: double cut vegetables and Bauhinia flowers, three to five yuan each, simmered and watered.

② Treatment of fatigue and weakness: double cut vegetables for five yuan, stewed meat to eat.