Xiaotian garlic

Xiaotian garlic

(Yunnan economic plants)

[synonym] xiaozongbao, Pennisetum and Xiaodu garlic (Honghe Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Veratrum vulgare.

[plant morphology] resveratrol

Perennial herbs. The stem is very short, with many brown sheaths. The perennial roots are mostly yellow white and fleshy. Leaves basal, linear, 60-80 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide. Flowers yellow green, panicle terminal, about 1 m long, inflorescence axis puberulent, bracts small. Capsule oblong ovate. Apex truncate, 3 valves, ca. 2 cm long. Seeds oblong, membranous winged. It blooms in summer.

Green hillside grassland. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[collection] collect in autumn and winter, wash, dry or fresh.

[nature and taste] bitter hemp, cold and poisonous.

[function indications] detumescence and pain relief, blood circulation and hemostasis, emesis. Treatment of traumatic injury, rheumatic pain, fracture, paraplegia, epilepsy, traumatic bleeding.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: grind powder, deliver with wine or boiled water, 1.5-2% each time, 2-3 times a day. External use: tamping fresh roots or grinding powder.

[should avoid] pregnant women and people with body deficiency should not use it.