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[ ] from Kunming."" common folk herbal medicine
Pinyin name ] [ Duì Duì Shē n
[ English ] Root of Nepal Rattlesnake Plantain name
[ alias ] little chicken, chicken kidney.
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: as Orchidaceae long distance bird foot orchid tubers.
Latin plant animal name: Satyrium nepalense D. Don mineral
Harvest and storage: harvest in autumn, and dried in the sun.
[ ] the original form of long distance bird foot orchid, terrestrial plants. High 30-45cm, tuber suboblong, two and2-3cm, long. Stems erect,1-2leaves and1-2sheathlike scales. Leaves elliptic, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, following a long 7-10CM, wide 3.5-5.5cm, more or less acute, margin crisped. Racemose inflorescence terete,8-9cm long, with 20or so flowers crowded; bracts ovate-lanceolate, deflexed, longer than ovary; pollen in red; sepals strip elliptic, long 4-5mm, width of 1mm, obtuse at apex, lateral sepals oblong-ovate, few and sepals equaling, slightly wider, the first end the edge of a few fine margin; petals and sepals are similar but slightly shorter, labellum is located above, cucullate, nearly hemispherical shape, diameter of about 5mm, apex obtuse, deflexed, mouth very wide; from the slender, drooping, equal to or longer than ovary, ca.1cm; ovary elliptic, long 6-8mm, glabrous.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment : in altitude 1400-2700m mountain forests or glade grass.
Resource distribution: located in Yunnan, Tibet.
[ ] taste Gan Ping;
[ ] to the kidney; the Heart Sutra
[ ] strong lumbar kidney functions. The lumbago due to deficiency of the kidney; chronic nephritis; impotence; palpitations
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,15-30g.
[ ] the discussion
1" Kunming folk medicinal herbs commonly used:" tonifying the kidney nourishing heart. Treatment of lumbago due to deficiency of the kidney.
2" Guizhou drug-sik Directory:" impotent.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]


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