Himalayan rice bag

Himalayan rice bag

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

Another name: Tu (Tibetan name) of Jieba district.

[source] it is a leguminous plant.

[plant morphology] different leaf rice bag

Perennial herbs. Taproot stout, conical. Pinnate compound leaf, leaflets 9-13, leaf shape changes greatly, round, elliptic, obovate or broadly obovate, 0.3-0.9 cm long, 0.2-0.8 cm wide, apex slightly absent or deep, both sides densely covered with villous. Umbel, pedicel 2-10 cm long, sparsely pilose; 2-4 flowers; calyx campanulate, about 0.5 cm long, densely pilose; upper 2 calyx teeth larger and wider than lower 3 calyx teeth; corolla blue purple. Pods cylindric or slightly oblate, sparsely pilose.

Born on the hillside lawn. Distributed in Qinghai, Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest from July to August.

Cold in nature and bitter in taste.

[function indications] detoxification, detumescence and diuresis. Treatment of edema, carbuncle swelling, toxin, lymph node tuberculosis.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan.