Cymbidium angustifolia

Cymbidium angustifolia

(selected Chinese herbal medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

[synonym] daoganzhang (Dai name).

[source] it is the tuber of yufenghua, an orchid.

[plant morphology] yufenghua with narrow panicle

herbaceous. The stem is weak, and the inflorescence is 20-40 cm long. Leaves scattered in the lower part of the stem, oblong lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, 8-16 mm wide, the upper leaves degenerate into bracts, apex short pointed, tomb sheath. Spikes 6-15 cm long, very narrow; flowers small, erect, greenish yellow; bracts ovate lanceolate; sepals linear oblong; petals broad, oblong, fleshy, lip equal to sepals, nearly equal to 3-lobed, lateral lobes linear, middle lobes short and broad, blunt; distance from slender, about half of ovary long. It blooms in summer.

It grows in the grass on the hillside. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] autumn and winter. Slice and dry in the sun.

[flavor] sweet and light, flat.

Functions and indications: tonifying deficiency, strengthening stomach and benefiting spleen. Treatment of malnutrition, body deficiency, infantile dyspepsia, diarrhea, rheumatic arthralgia.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction or stew, 0.5-1 Liang.