Zhulinxiao

Zhulinxiao

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

[synonym] chicken claw ginseng, wild ginseng (Shaanxi herbal medicine), female hawthorn (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the root of the Liliaceae plant abacus macrostemon.

[plant morphology] abacus macrostemon

Perennial herbs, 60-90 cm high. Rhizome short, with many fibrous roots. Stem 2-branched. Single leaf alternate, oblong, apex acuminate, base heart-shaped amplexicaul, above green, below with frost. Flowers solitary, leaf axils; perianth segments 6, white, lower part and veins purplish. Berries globose.

Born in the shady mountain forest. Distributed in Tibet, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] from August to October.

[nature and taste] common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet: "cold in nature, sweet and light in taste. "

[functions and indications] ① common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet: "clearing lung and relieving cough. It is used for lung heat, cough, deficiency and tuberculosis injury. "

② Shaanxi herbal medicine: "nourishing, strengthening spleen and stomach, relieving pain. Treatment of deficiency, disharmony between spleen and stomach, palpitation, shortness of breath, women's blood loss, muscle pain. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan.