Canna generalis

[ ] Pinyin name Dà Huā Mě I Ré n Ji āo
[ alias ] Canna
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: as the Cannaceae Canna generalis roots of plants and flowers.
Latin botanical name: Canna generalis Bailey animal fossil
Harvest and storage: summer and autumn harvest, remove stems and roots, fresh or dried slices.
[ ] the original morphology of Canna generalis, perennial erect thick herbaceous, tall l-2m. Stems, leaves and flowers are white, with a massive underground stem. Ye Husheng; leaf blade elliptic, long 40-50cm, width of 20cm, apex acute, base broadly cuneate, leaf, leaf sheath purple. Racemose top is unripe, long 15-30cm ( even the total flower is ); the flower is big, more intensive, every 1bracts with flower L-2; sepals greenish or purplish red, by needle form, long 1.5-3cm, long5-10mm of corolla, corolla lobes are needle, 's4.5-6.5cm; the outer3 staminodes shape pouring egg spoon shaped, long 5-10cm, wide 2-5cm, colors are red, orange, yellow wait; labellum obovate-spatulate,4.5cm long,1.2-4cm wide; fertile stamens lanceolate, ca.4cm, width of 2.5cm; ovary globose, the diameter of 48cm; style strip, free part is about 3.5cm long; capsule nearly spherical, with aneurysms bulge. Seed hard black. Flower, month of fruit period 7-10.
[ ] habitat distribution in our country the common culture.
[ ] taste sweet; light; cold
[ ] functions of clearing heat and removing dampness; detoxification; hemostasis. The main acute jaundice hepatitis; leucorrhea overmuch; traumatic injury; sore and swollen poison; uterine bleeding; bleeding trauma
[ usage]: orally taken decoction, rhizome of15-30g60-90g9-15g, fresh flowers. External: amount, trace and apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
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