Da Liangjiang

[ ]."" history of Chinese medicine in Guangxi
Pinyin name ] [ Dà Liá n Jiā n
Alpinia galanga ( [ alias ]," Chinese medicinal herbs of Guangxi." ).
[ source ] for zingiberaceous plants in Odaka Yoshijiang. 2- March the excavation of the roots, wash, dry. Or sliced dried.
[ ] the original morphology
Odaka Yoshijiang, aka: Red nutmeg flower (" Gui Haiyu" Hengzhi ).
Perennial is herbaceous, tall 1 ～2 meters. Rhizome stout, pale red brown. A few leaves sessile; leaf blade narrowly elliptic, ca. 40cm, ca. 7 cm wide, apex acute, base cuneate, leaf margin thick film quality with cilia, the following are sparsely hairy or glabrous, ligule less obvious or a short triangular ovate. Terminal lax panicles, ca. 30cm; involucral bracts linear, ca. 18cm, ca. 2 cm wide, outside pubescent; pedicel erect, pubescent; bracteoles narrowly oblong,7 to20 mm long; calyx canister shape, grow 4 ～8millimeter,3 crack; corollaceous canister shape, long ca. 1cm, lobes 3, linear, oblong, ca. 2cm, apex cucullate; lip spatulate, ca. 2.2 cm long, inside; edge notched, white, with pale pink longitudinal stripes; lateral staminodes1, acicular, anther connective apex with a tail-like appendage, filaments slender flat, ca. 1.5cm; ovary inferior,3 room, style slightness, stigma slightly dilated, apex subsidence, ciliate. A fleshy capsule, oblong or ovoid, ca. 9mm, calyx persistent, red when ripe. Seeds 1to 5, aromatic. Florescence 6 ～ July. Fruit7～ August.
[ ] in montane habitat Creek and brush. Distribution of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Taiwan and other places. The yield of Guangxi.
[ character ] dried rhizome is cylindrical, much more ramose, grow 8 ～12 centimeters, diameter 2～ 3 centimeters. Surface red brown or dark purple, with longitudinal wrinkles, wavy yellow leaf scars, forming a link, internodes length3 ~6 mm, roots fibrous root mark below. Tough, not easily broken, section fibrous, yellow skin, accounted for 2/ 3, the endothelial layer obviously, vascular star visible. Wood is often associated with the cortical separation, darker color. Fragrance, taste spicy.
[ ]" the taste of Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi:" spicy; temperature.
[ ] functions of" history of Chinese medicine in Guangxi": warming stomach, cold, pain. Rule the heart, stomach pain, stomach cold cold and had vomiting and diarrhea.
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,0.8～ 1.5money; or into the pill, powder.
[ note ] the fruits ( red nutmeg ) also for medicinal, other details only.
[ ]" * dictionary" excerpt

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