Wild ginseng

Wild ginseng

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[source] it is the root of Primulaceae Primulaceae Primulaceae.

[plant morphology] Primula glomerata in northern Yunnan, also known as micrantha.

Perennial herbs. Root like, white, fleshy. Leaf blade oblanceolate, 4-7.5 cm long, 1.2-2 cm wide, apex short, base gradually narrow, nearly entire, both sides pubescent, lateral veins obvious. The stem is straight from the leaf cluster, about 20 cm high; the umbel is terminal, with 12 florets; the calyx is green, bell shaped, 5-toothed; the Corolla is funnel-shaped, purple, with 5-lobed apex and 2-lobed lobes. Capsule globose.

It grows on grass slope. It is distributed in Guizhou, Yunnan and Sichuan.

[collection] collected in early summer.

[nature and taste] it is flat in nature and sweet in taste.

[function indications] to treat deficiency and tuberculosis.

[prescription selection] 1. To treat tuberculosis and cough: wild ginseng and fat blood vine each cost five yuan. Stewed pig heart and lung. (the following is Guizhou folk medicine)

② Cure milk not to fall: wild ginseng five money, Tong grass root three money. Stewed pig's feet. (Guizhou herbal medicine)