Rock ginseng

Rock ginseng

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the whole plant of Codonopsis pilosula.

[plant morphology] Codonopsis pilosula

Perennial twining herbs with milk. Taproot long conic, fleshy, skin gray brown, sparsely fine fibrous roots. Leaves opposite, oblong, apex pointed, base cuneate, dark green above, grayish green below, entire or microwavy. Flowers solitary, apical, campanulate, 5-lobed, purple; stamens 5, filaments enlarged below middle; ovary 3-locular, ovule numerous, stigma 3, very broad. Capsule.

It grows in gully, slope and bush. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn. Cut and dry.

[flavor] bitter, slightly sweet, pungent, flat.

[function indications] hemostasis and analgesia, treatment of traumatic bleeding, internal and external pain.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 yuan. External use: tamping.