Orchid root

Orchid root

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] orchid, stone ginseng and chicken ginseng (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the root of Campanulaceae.

[plant morphology] Campanula colorata

Herbaceous, about 30 cm high, with white bristles. Stem erect, upper branched. Leaves simple, alternate, coarser, lanceolate, smaller, ca. 3 cm long, ca. 0. 5 mm wide, margin sparsely crenate. Flowers blue purple, solitary; calyx teeth 5-lobed; corolla campanulate, 5-lobed; stamens 5-lobed; ovary inferior. Capsule; seeds very small.

Born in the mountains and forests. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn. Wash, sun dry or fresh.

[chemical constituents] it contains sterols and triterpenes.

[nature and taste] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "sweet, warm. "

[function indications] Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine: "nourishing blood, eliminating wind and promoting dampness. Treatment of rheumatism, paralysis, tetanus, tuberculosis and hemoptysis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: 0.5-1 Liang, stewed meat.