Ginseng

Ginseng

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the root of Codonopsis lanceolata.

[plant morphology] Codonopsis lanceolata

Perennial herbs. The tuberous root is plump, oblong, white and fibrous. Stems 1-2, oblique or climbing, all densely white pilose. Leaves opposite, petiolate, ovate, 1.8-2.5 cm long when young, apex obtuse, base rounded, entire, dark green above and gray white below. Flowers solitary, corolla campanulate, 5-lobed; stamens 6. Capsule septate between sepals.

Mostly at the foot of high hillside.

[collection] harvest in autumn.

Warm in nature and sweet in taste.

[function indications] tonifying weakness.

[prescription selection] for night sweats due to Qi deficiency: three to five bucks for small ginseng, two bucks for pot. Steamed chicken.