Allium tuberosum

Allium tuberosum

(Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Tiansuan and luerjiu.

[source] it is the whole plant of Allium Hosta, a Liliaceae plant.

[plant morphology] Allium Hosta

Perennial herbs. Bulb cylindric, surrounded by residual Brown reticulate leaf sheath. Leaves basal, 1-2, ovate heart-shaped, 13 cm long and 8 cm wide; leaf sheaths white, membranous, amplexicaul. The flower stems are slender, 35-45 cm high, drawn from the leaf sheaths; umbels, terminal, subglobose; flowers white, pedicellate; perianth 6; ovary superior, 3-locular. Capsule. The seeds are black.

Born in the mountains under the sparse forest. The city is divided into Shaanxi, Hubei, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[flavor] it is pungent and warm.

[function indications] it can disperse blood stasis, relieve pain, dispel wind and stop bleeding. Treatment of traumatic injury, blood stasis, swelling and pain, bleeding, paint sores.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: tamping.