Spicy root

Spicy root

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] Dashu (selection of Yunnan Simao Chinese herbal medicine), Dangna (Dai name).

[source] it is the root, stem or leaf of the family chrysanthaceae.

[plant morphology] dehiscent Golden Flower

Small tree, 3 m high. The bark is gray, the branches are hairy, and the lenticels are obvious. Single leaf opposite, ovate lanceolate, 10-15 cm long, 4-8 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate, with sparse hairs on the top and dense hairs on the bottom, especially veins; petiole about 1 cm long, entire. The corymb is terminal with golden yellow flowers and white bracts, 7-9 cm long, 4-5 cm wide and 3-4 cm long. Capsule ovoid or elliptic obovate, apically divided at maturity.

It grows in tropical forest, valley, hill and sandstone. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi and other places.

[collection] all year round.

[nature and taste] selected Chinese herbal medicines of Simao in Yunnan: "sweet, flat. "

[functions and indications] 1. In the list of Guangxi medicinal plants, Ye is used to treat hoarseness. "

② "Root and stem: heat clearing and detoxification, anti inflammation and diuresis. Treatment of trachea, bronchitis, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, nephritis, edema, urinary tract infection. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: root and stem: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang.

Chinese PinYin : Gen La