Variegated leaf orchid

Variegated leaf orchid

(Guizhou folk medicine)

[synonyms] yinxianpen (Emei medicinal plant), jiulangai, yeyangshen (Guizhou folk medicine), xiaojiangjun (Zhejiang traditional Chinese medicine resource list), xiaoyeqing, mayeqing, Zhuyeqing, qiqiyao, jianyeshan butterfly, zhuyexiaoqing, feijiaocao (Zhejiang folk medicine), dishuizhu (Jiangxi herbal medicine manual).

[source] it is the whole grass of the orchid family.

[plant morphology] 1

Perennial herbs. The stem is 12-25 cm high with fleshy stolon at the base. Leaves alternate in the lower part of stem, narrowly ovate or ovate, 2-5 cm long and 1-2.5 cm wide, apex acute, base round to shallow heart-shaped, with grayish white reticulate veins; petiole base with membranous sheath. Pedicel with 2-3 scales, base sheath, raceme with 5-12 flowers, on one side, glandular hair; bracts ovate lanceolate; flowers white or reddish; sepals ovate lanceolate, acute, 8-11 mm long; petals ovate oblanceolate, acute, lip as long as sepals, base expanded into a hemispherical sac, with hairs in the sac, apex with a long round lanceolate beak; flower The style is short, the anther is erect, the pollen block is 2, attached to the stamen beak at the top of style. Capsule 8-12 mm long. The flowering period is from August to September.

Born in the valley, hillside, forest wet place. It is distributed in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian and other places.

② Chlorophylla microphylla

Herbs perennial, smaller than former species. The stem is 10-20 cm high. Leaves 3-7, alternate in the lower part of stem, ovate, ovate elliptic, 1-2.5 cm long, 7-18 mm wide, apex acute or slightly obtuse, base round or even wide cuneate. Pedicel with 1-3 sheath scales; raceme terminal, hairy; flowers white or yellow white; sepals triangular ovate, about 4-5 mm long; petals oblanceolate, lip as long as sepals, apex long, beak narrow and curved.

Born in the valley forest. It is distributed in Sichuan, North China, Northwest China, Tibet, etc.

The rhizome and root of this plant are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn. Fresh or sun dried.

[nature and taste] ① Guizhou folk medicine: "sweet in taste, warm in nature, non-toxic. "

② Common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet: "Gan Xin, Wen". "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and toxin, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, softening hard and dispersing knot. It is used to treat tracheitis, Kaschin Beck pain, traumatic injury, scrofula, carbuncle, sore and furuncle.

① "Emei medicine plant": "soak wine to take, treat injury. "

② "The manual of seed plants in southern Jiangsu Province": treating snakebite. "

⑧ Zhejiang folk commonly used herbs: "clearing away heat and toxin, reducing inflammation and swelling. It is used to treat snakebite, carbuncle, sore, lung disease, cough and tracheitis. "

④ "Ruanjian Sanjie" is a common Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet. To cure the scrofula. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, fresh 1-2 Liang; mash juice or soak wine. External use: tamping.

[selection] 1. Treatment of cough due to lung disease: five coins of spotted leaf orchid, stewed meat. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

② Treatment of tracheitis: fresh leaf orchid one to two money, decoction. (Zhejiang folk herbs)

③ Treatment of bone pain, not red and not swollen: banyelan mashed, fried hot with wine, outsourcing pain (children with rice water instead of wine). Change it every day. (Guizhou folk medicine)

④ Treatment of snakebite, carbuncle and furuncle: fresh leaf orchid mashed external application. (Zhejiang folk herbs)