Wild scallion

Wild scallion

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

[synonym] Japanese onion (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the whole plant of Liliaceae.

[plant morphology] Welsh Onion

Perennial herbs, 30-45 cm high. The bulb is surrounded by fibrous leaf sheaths. Leaves lanceolate, base sheathlike, apex apiculate, both surfaces smooth, glabrous. The flower stems are erect and drawn out from the leaves; the umbels are terminal with several membranous involucres; the flowers are purplish red. Capsule.

It grows on high hillside, grass, etc. Distributed in Tibet and other places.

[collection] harvest from May to June. Fresh.

Warm in nature and pungent in taste.

[function indications] sweating, dispersing cold, detumescence and strengthening stomach. It can cure cold, headache, fever, abdominal pain, dyspepsia, and can connect bones.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: add honey to mash and apply.