Belamcanda chinensis

White flower

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonym] lengshuidan.

[source] it is the root or whole grass of Belamcanda bungeana.

[plant morphology] Belamcanda chinensis, also known as soshanhu, calendula, dichotoma, Baihua, iris dichotoma, iris Belamcanda and fancao.

Perennial herbs. Rhizome thin, transverse. Stem branched, 25-75 cm high; branches in pairs, 1 bract at each fork. The leaves are sword shaped, inlaid, 0.6-2.2 cm wide. Flowers 3-5 in a cluster, white, with a few purplish brown or reddish purple spots, circumvolved perianth with white patches, nearly square, spreading without beard, 1.8 cm long, inner ring perianth oblanceolate, shorter; stamens 3; styles 3-lobed, stigma petal. Capsule narrowly oblong, 3.7 cm long. Seeds dark brown. The flowering period is from July to August.

Born on hills and slopes. It is distributed in Northeast, North China, Shandong, Jiangsu and other places.

[herb] the rhizome is irregular nodular. It is 2-5 cm long and 0.7-2.5 cm in diameter. The surface is grayish brown, rough, with round stem mark or residual stem base. The fibrous root is slender and curved, the lower part is mostly broken, 5-20 cm long, 1.5-4 mm in diameter; the surface is yellowish brown, with obvious longitudinal wrinkles and sparse fine roots, sometimes with fine villi. The quality is empty, soft and tough or hard and brittle. There is a small wooden core in the center of the cross section, and there is a gap between the core and the outer skin, with a yellowish white cortex. The smell is weak and the taste is light and bitter.

This product has been used in the north of Jiangsu Province.

[chemical constituents] the rhizome contains isoflavones such as iridoid, iridoid and pigment.

[nature and taste] Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine: "bitter, cold, with little poison. "

[function indications] for sore throat, hepatitis, stomachache, mastitis, gingival swelling and pain.

① Textual research on the names, facts and pictures of plants. "

② "Changbaicai investigation report": "diuresis, diarrhea, emesis. "

③ Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxin, promoting blood circulation and detumescence. Treatment of sore throat, tonsillitis, hepatitis, hepatomegaly, stomachache, mastitis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoct soup, 1-3 yuan; or mash juice. External use: slicing paste pain.

[prescription selection] 1. For sore throat, the whole herb of fan fan grass is used as tea.

② Treatment of hepatitis, stomachache: fan fan grass whole grass five money to one or two, decoction o

③ Treatment of gingival swelling and pain: fresh fan grass rhizome, tap juice orally or stick the rhizome slice on the painful tooth. (Inner Mongolia Chinese herbal medicine)