Rabdosia rubra

Rabdosia rubra

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[synonym] He Qi Cao (commonly used folk herbal medicine in Kunming), Tu Yu Zhu and Bai diehua (list of medicinal plants in Guangxi).

[source] it is the tuberous root of the orchid plant.

[plant morphology] Dracocephalum

Annual herb, 45-120 cm high. 2 tuberous roots, narrowly fusiform. Leaf blade lanceolate, 7-10 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate, sheath shaped, amplexicaul, parallel veins near ribs, both sides slightly hairy. Raceme with 3-5 flowers; bracts leaflike; flowers large, white; sepals broad ovate, widely spread, blunt head, lateral slightly oblique; petals linear, shorter than calyx, lip not longer than sepals, lateral lobes extremely wide, grate like, almost to the middle, middle lobes rectangular linear, entire, about 2 cm long; spur 6-10 cm long. Pistil column is wider, the lower end of ovary is thin, petiolate. It blooms in summer.

It grows on the hillside and grass. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong and other places.

[collection] the roots were collected in autumn, washed, dried or fresh.

[nature and taste] it is mild in nature and sweet in taste.

[function indications] warming kidney and strengthening yang.

[selected prescriptions] ① for kidney deficiency, low back pain, impotence, spermatorrhea and spermatorrhea: five pairs of rabbitgrass, five pairs of chicken kidney ginseng and two pairs of Epimedium. At the end of the research, add lard and brown sugar to steam. (avoid salt) two rabbit ear grass five money, epimedium, Xianmao each three money. Wine making clothes. Three Psoralea three money, rabbit ear grass five money, wolfberry five money, pig waist (to tendon) a pair. The first three flavors are roasted, crispy and minced, steamed pork loin.

② Treatment of cold hernia: rabbit ear grass five money (six to ten pairs), small fruit leaves three money, fruit root three money. Decoct in water, brown sugar as the guide, take litchi seed seven research powder. (the following is the common folk herbs in Kunming.)