Large siphon

[ ] Pinyin name Dà Guò Shā n Ló n
[ alias ] greater than Jianglong, Scindapsus officinalis Schott, kylin, climb trees, grass dragon tail gold hoop, Dalu, siphon, sea, big foolish youth, miles deep, Hill Valley
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: for a plant of the family Araceae from cliff Tsunodo root or stem.
Latin animal mineral name: Rhaphidophora decursiva ( Roxb. ) Schott[Pothos decursiva Roxb. )
Harvest and storage: the year may collect, clean, fresh or dried slices.
[ ] the original morphology from cliff Tsunodo, epiphytic vines. Stems robust, thick3-5cm, the back of the green, the ventral yellow section, annular, wide l-3mm, yellow green, living mostly fleshy aerial roots, internodes l-2cm. Ye Bingju joint, a sheath; young branches of leaf blade orbicular, ca.16cm, width of 13cm, apex cuspidate, entire; mature branches the contour of the blade ovate-oblong, ovate, long 60-70cm, wide 40-50cm, apex acute, base shallowly cordate, surface green, shiny, abaxially pale green, and ventral surface subsidence, dorsal hump; inequilateral pinna parted to ribbed, lobes 6-9( -15), middle lobe inequilateral linear, upcurved, base slightly narrower, apex subtruncate, upper acuminate, with a convex tip, long 20cm, wide 3-5cm, upward lobes tapering, basal lobes with wide, often up to6-7cm. Inflorescences axillary, order handle green, stout, cylindrical, long 10-20cm, coarse1.5-3cm; spathe yellow, fleshy, ovate-oblong, long 17-20cm, wide 10-12cm, bud is swept, flowers unfolded into a boat-shaped; spadix sessile, green, cylindrical, long 15-16cm, diameter2-3cm, apex obtuse circular, base oblique; flowers bisexual, apetalous; stamens 4, filaments linear, anthers yellow; ovary is six angle conical, style, stigma longitudinal, yellow. Infructescences thick stick, up to 20cm; berry cone wedge, green and white, the lower transparent white or yellow, long 1.8cm, wide at the top5cm, central tapering for approximately LMM higher persistent style. Florescence 5-8 month, next year summer ripe fruit.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: born below elevation 2200m, common in the monsoon rain forest and subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest in gully, creeping on the ground, rock, or attached to the trunk of the tree.
Resource distribution: located in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet and other places.
[ ] bitter taste; Xin; cold
[ function ] Huoxue attending Shujin; table antitussive; swelling and detoxicating. The main traumatic fracture; rheumatoid arthritis; epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis; cold; cough; pertussis; sore throat; carbuncle sore furuncle; trauma; snake bites
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,9-15g. External: amount, trace and apply or grind end tune apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/