Taro

Taro

(Ben Cao Yan Yi)

[synonyms] squatting Ling (historical records), taro Kui (Hanshu), taro root (Hanshu's Yan shigu annotation), Tuzhi (BIE Lu), Taro Milk (planting taro method), taro (Chinese Medical Dictionary).

[source] tuber of Araceae plant taro.

[plant morphology] taro

Perennial herbs. Tubers ovate to oblong, brown, ciliate, subterranean. The leaves are basal, usually 4-6 in clusters; the leaf body is wide, thick, oval, broadly elliptic, about 30-50 cm long, entire, wavy, apex short and sharp, base auricular, ear blunt, only end round, leaf surface green, smooth, waterproof; petiole fleshy, long and fat, green or light green purple, base sheath. There are 1-4 flower stems, which are drawn out from the base of leaf sheath, each with an inner inflorescence, and are about 30 cm long. Buddha flame bract about 20 cm long, light yellow. The fleshy inflorescence is oval in the bract, shorter than the Buddha flame bract, with short appendages; the upper part has most yellow male flowers, accounting for half of the inflorescence; the lower part has green female flowers, accounting for about 1 / 4 of the inflorescence; the neutral flowers are located in the middle, also accounting for 1 / 4 of the inflorescence. The flowering period is August.

It is cultivated in the South and north provinces of China.

The leaves (taro leaves), petioles (taro stems) and flowers (taro flowers) of this plant are also used for medicine. See the special section for details.

[collection] from August to September, the fibrous roots and aboveground parts were removed, washed and dried. Among them, the mother root (tuber) is commonly known as taro

[chemical constituents] the tuber contains 1.75-2.3% protein, 69.6-73.7% starch, 1.17-1.68% ash, 0.47-0.68% lipids, 0.059-0.169% calcium, 0.113-o.274% phosphorus and 0.0042-0.0050% iron. The contents of vitamin C and a are very low, but the contents of vitamin B and B2 (riboflavin) are high.

[flavor] Gan Xin, Ping.

① Bielu: "Xin, Ping, poisonous. "

② Tao Hongjing: "life is poisonous and slippery. "

③ Rihuazi materia medica: "cold. "

④ "Diannan Materia Medica": it tastes sweet and numb. "

[Guijing] Ben Cao Qiu Zhen: "enter the intestines and stomach. "

Functions and indications: Xiaohuang Sanjie, Zhihuang, Zhongdu, bingjue in abdomen, psoriasis, and Tang HUOSHANG.

① Bielu: "it can widen the intestines and stomach, fill the skin and smooth the skin. "

② Tang materia medica: "steaming and cold eating can cure heat and quench thirst. "

③ Meng Shen: "take a bath to get rid of the wind on your body. Be careful with the wind for half a day. "

④ In the collection of Materia Medica, it is said that "when swallowing, the stomach will be opened, the intestines will be closed, the blood will be broken when postpartum cooking, and the juice will be drunk to stop bleeding and thirst. "

⑤ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "break the blood and kill the muscles. Cook with fish, very under the gas, adjust the tonic. "

⑥ "Diannan Materia Medica": "for the treatment of deficiency of Qi in the middle of the body, taking it for a long time can nourish the liver and kidney, and improve the marrow. "

⑦ Yilin zuanyao: "Xingshui. "

⑧ Ben Cao Qiu yuan: "stop diarrhea. "

⑨ "Suixiju diet spectrum": "raw chew for the treatment of strangulated bowel disease, tamping and smearing for the early onset of carbuncle and ulcer, pills for the treatment of scrofula. "

⑩ According to Lingnan caiyao Lu, "it can be used to cook porridge, research the end and eat porridge. It can cure children's hyphae and deficiency, and adults can also get rid of all scabies. "

(11) Chinese medicine and plant illustrated book: "adjust linseed oil, apply it to treat fire injury and scald with boiling water; rub the wart with taro continuously to remove it. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-4 Liang: or into pills, powder. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[taboo] 1. Tao Hongjing: "raw food is poisonous, but not edible. "

② Qianjin Shizhi: "do not eat too much, move and stay cold. "

③ "Ben Cao Yan Yi": "eat more stagnant Qi to trap the spleen. "

[prescription selection] 1. To treat scrofula, no matter whether it has been broken or not: no matter how many taros are used. Slice, sun dry, grind into fine powder, and dilute with jellyfish. Big water chestnut fried soup, such as Wutong big pill. Each serving three money, Chen jellyfish skin, water chestnut soup sent down. (taro pill in Chinese Medical Dictionary)

② Treatment of tinea gas taro a Jin, crushing, wine stains 27 days, a cup of fasting. (duxingfang)

③ Treatment of various sores due to wind swelling: burn white taro ash, warm soup and it, thick three, apply on the sores. It's easy to do, but five degrees. (Qian Jin Fang)

④ Soft furuncle on the head: taro tamping, that is dry. (simple formula)

⑤ Treatment of psoriasis: taro, raw garlic. Mash and apply to the affected area.

⑥ Treatment of tendon and bone pain, nameless swelling and poison, snakehead fingers, snake and insect injuries: rub taro with sesame oil, and apply vinegar to the affected area if it is not broken.

⑦ Treatment of hematochezia for a long time: taro four money, decoction, white dysentery with sugar, red dysentery with brown sugar. (5) the following prescriptions are published in the medical records of Hunan Province.)