Beautiful galangal seed

[ source ] Guangzhou forces" commonly used Herbal Handbook"
[ ] Pinyin name Dà Cǎ o Kò u
[ alias ], Rhizome Grass Cardamom ( Guangzhou army" commonly used Herbal Handbook" ).
[ ] as a source of Zingiberaceae plants seeds of alpinia. In August seven, seed, dried.
[ ] the original morphology of evergreen perennial herbs, up to 2～ 3 meters. Root hypertrophy. Leaves alternate, long, elliptic-lanceolate, grow 30 ～70 centimeters, wide 7~ 16cm, apex shortly acuminate, margin with short and thick coarse hair. Inflorescence terminal, often recurved, grow 15 ～30 centimeters; total shaft and ovary densely yellowish hirsute; bracteoles, ca. 2.5cm, split, white and slightly dyed pink, but the top and the base are pink; flowers shortly stipitate; calyx wide, bell-shaped, split on 1 side; corolla white, tube ca. 1cm, lobes broadly elliptic, maximum about 3 cm long, apex pink; labellum broadly ovate, long and4 cm wide, central mixed with red and yellow, margin incurved. Capsule red, globose, ca. 2 cm in diameter; a3seed group, containing many seeds. Flowering in spring and summer.
[ ] in valleys or by streams of habitat distribution. Distribution of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.
[ ] Guangzhou army taste" commonly used Herbal Handbook:" harsh, temperature.
[ ] Guangzhou forces" functions commonly used Herbal Handbook:" dampness dispelling cold, eliminating phlegm and cut malaria, invigorating the spleen and stomach. Political confidantes Lengtong, thoracic and abdominal distension, phlegm stagnation, dyspepsia, diarrhea and vomiting.
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,2～ 3money; or into powder.
[ ]" * dictionary" excerpt

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