Niu Dali, the name of Chinese medicine. It is a leguminous plant whose roots are used as medicine. It can be mined all year round, and it is better to dig roots in autumn. Wash, slice, dry or evaporate.

Physiological characteristics:

The root tuber is cylindrical or several spindles are connected in a string, light yellow or khaki, slightly rough and annular. Most goods are cut into pieces of 4 ~ 9 cm, 2 ~ 3 cm wide and 0.5 ~ 1 cm thick. Cross-sectional skin is nearly white, with inconspicuous brown ring pattern on the inner side and nearly white, silty and slightly loose in the middle. Old roots are close to wood, tough, tender roots are fragile and easy to break. Slight breath, slightly sweet taste. It's best to be large, white, pink and sweet.

Origin:

Distributed in the south of the Yangtze River basin.

Medical website:

The roots of plants.

Treatment method:

It is better to dig roots in autumn. Wash, slice, dry or evaporate.

Sexual taste:

Sweet, flat.

Meridian tropism:

Return to kidney and lung meridians.

Efficacy:

Tonify deficiency, moisten lung, strengthen tendons and activate collaterals.

Indications:

Can be used for treating lumbar muscle strain, rheumatoid arthritis, lung heat, cough due to lung deficiency, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, chronic hepatitis, and nocturnal emission.

Related compatibility:

1, leucorrhea light: Millettia speciosa, Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. each 12g, Flemingia philippinensis, Prunus mume each 9g, Sargentodoxa 15g, decocted in water. Stew pig's trotters into medicine, remove dregs, eat meat and drink soup.

2, pleurisy: Niu Daliteng 15g, at first glance 3g, decoction.