Taro leaf

Taro leaf

(rihuazi materia medica)

It's called "Yihe" or "Yihe".

[source] Araceae plant taro, see "taro" for details.

[collection] from July to August.

It is pungent and cool.

① "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "cold, nontoxic. "

② "Compendium": "pungent, cold, non-toxic. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "Gan, Ping. "

[function indications] antidiarrheal, astringent, detumescence and toxin. It can treat diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, night sweating, carbuncle, gangrene, swelling and poison.

① "Rihuazi Materia Medica" says: "it can not only relieve diarrhea, but also treat pregnancy, anxiety and fetal movement; it can also apply salt to snake and insect bites and carbuncle swelling poison, and apply poison arrow. "

② "Compendium": "juice, coating spider wound. "

③ Yilin zuanyao: "restrain self sweating and night sweating. "

④ "Seeking truth from Materia Medica": "treating acne ulcers into ulcers. "

⑤ "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "diuretic and spleen, detumescence. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction. External use: tamping or juice coating.

[selection] 1. Treatment of yellow water sores: dried taro seedlings, burned and applied. (qingnang zazuan)

② Treatment of bee sting and spider bite: mash taro leaves and apply to the affected area. (Hunan medical records)