Tianshengcao

Tianshengcao

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] mountain leek, Loulu, snake bite medicine (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), white needle Wanxian grass, big orchid ginseng (Kunming folk herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of the Liliaceae plant Cymbidium minor.

[plant morphology] Cymbidium minor

Herbs perennial, ca. 30 cm tall. Roots clustered, slender cylindrical. Leaves tufted, basal, banded, 18-22 cm long, 1-1.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, entire, veins parallel, midrib protruding below. Inflorescence terminal; bracts shorter than flowers, narrow, very sharp; flowers white, 2-3 gathered, open one by one, with short stalks, stalks in the middle of the node, base has a pair of ovate lanceolate bracts; perianth lobes 6, linear; stamens 6, anthers long, curved, yellow, base has 2; ovary sessile, 3-locular, each locule has 12 ovules. The capsule has 3 wings and 2 seeds per locule. Seeds round, black spotted, base 2-EARED.

It grows in shady and wet places in hillside forest. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "light, flat. "

② Common folk herbs in Kunming: "Gan, Ping. "

[functions and indications] 1. Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, strengthening swelling and removing dampness. Treatment of rheumatism, infantile malnutrition, mastitis, snakebite. "

② Common folk herbs in Kunming: "tonifying deficiency and activating collaterals. It can cure dizziness, numbness of lower limbs and brain leakage. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping.