Smell in the soil

Smell in the soil

(common folk herbs in Kunming)

[alias] chicken foot ginseng, ivory ginseng, chicken foot Magnolia.

[source] it is the root of Zingiberaceae.

[plant morphology] smell in soil

Perennial herbs, 10-20 cm high. There are thick fleshy rhizomes, 5-6 clusters, spindle shaped, yellow white. Leaf blade lanceolate, 6-9 cm long, 0.9-1.4 cm wide, apex tapering, apex pointed or slightly obtuse, entire, parallel to veinlets. 1-2 flowers terminal, deep purple red; corolla tube long and thin, lobes 3, upper lobes wide, erect, hood shaped, lateral 2 lobes short; labellum large, cuneate, bent down; lateral pseudostamens 2, oblanceolate, petal shaped; stamens 1, anther curved, anther base spaced. Capsule terete. It blooms in spring and summer.

It is found in the humid part of the hillside. It is distributed in Southwest China.

[collection] in autumn.

It is cool in nature and bitter in taste.

[function indications] Qingfei Dingchuan. Treat cough and asthma.

[usage and dosage] take orally: decoct soup, 3-5 yuan, mixed with white sugar; or stew meat.