Jiang Sanqi

Jiang Sanqi

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[source] it is the root of Zingiberaceae.

[plant morphology] Zingiber campestris

It's a short, clean herb with fragrance. Leaves several, ovate, biseriate, stipitate, upper sheath open. Several flowers, wrapped in a pre green flame bud. Calyx tubular, lobes equal; corolla tube weak, lobes lanceolate; lateral pseudostamens large, obovate; labellum obovate, 2-lobed; stamens short prominent, anthers long and curved, base with 2 parallel appendages; style weak. Capsule oblong. Seeds curved, fusiform, with torn aril.

It grows in mountain stream and grass under forest. It is distributed in Yunnan and other places.

[collection] collected in autumn, washed, peeled and haired, sliced, dried and ground.

[flavor] pungent, warm.

[function indications] hemostasis and detumescence. Treatment of traumatic injury, fracture, hematemesis, bleeding, uterine bleeding, functional bleeding, traumatic bleeding.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 yuan. External use: grind and sprinkle.