What is Polygonatum odoratum?
Polygonatum odoratum grows in most parts of China and is a perennial herb of Liliaceae. Its shape is long cylindrical, with few branches, and its surface is yellowish white or yellowish brown and translucent.
In China, Polygonatum odoratum is mostly used as a medicinal material. Because of its high medicinal value, it has many uses in both western medicine and Chinese medicine.
Yuzhu knowledge
Polygonatum odoratum, scientific name: Polygonatum odoratum (mill. Druce is a perennial herb of Liliaceae. Rhizomes are horizontal, the meat is yellow and white, and most fibrous roots are densely distributed. The leaves are green and the bottom is gray. Flowers axillary, usually 1 ~ 3 clusters. Originated in southwest China, but widely distributed in the wild. It is cold-resistant, shade-tolerant, and likes humid environment, and is suitable for growing in loose soil rich in humus. "Notes on Materia Medica" says that "the stem is hard, like a bamboo shaft, with knots." So it was named Yuzhu. The roots of plants can be used as medicine, and Chinese medicine is also called Polygonatum odoratum. Picking in autumn, washing, sun-drying until soft, repeatedly rubbing, sun-drying, or steaming, rubbing until translucent, sun-drying, and cutting into thick pieces or sections for later use. Flavonoids extracted from Polygonatum odoratum combined with deoxynojirimycin extracted from mulberry leaves to form a new substance, which has the functions of lowering blood sugar, blood lipid and blood pressure.
Efficacy and function of Polygonatum odoratum
Nourishing yin and moistening dryness, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst.
Nourishing yin and moistening lung (lung yin deficiency syndrome) is used to treat dry cough, scanty phlegm, hemoptysis, hoarseness and other symptoms caused by yin deficiency, lung dryness and internal heat. It is often used with Radix Adenophorae and Radix Ophiopogonis, such as Radix Adenophorae and Radix Ophiopogonis Decoction. This product can nourish yin and not love evil. Can be used for treating fever, headache, cough, dry throat and thirst caused by body yin deficiency and exogenous pathogens. It can be used with scallion and lobster sauce, such as Jiawei Granule Soup.
Nourishing stomach and promoting fluid production (stomach yin deficiency syndrome) is often combined with Ophiopogon japonicus and Adenophora adenophora to treat stomach yin injury, dry mouth and loss of appetite. For thirst caused by stomach heat and body fluid injury, it can be used equally with gypsum and Anemarrhena asphodeloides.
1, soothe the nerves and strengthen the heart
Polygonatum odoratum is not greasy, cold and dry, so it has the functions of "nourishing five internal organs, nourishing qi and blood, smoothing and removing wind and heat", and has the functions of nourishing, calming the nerves and strengthening the heart. It has a good relieving effect on palpitation and angina pectoris.
2, lowering blood sugar
Polygonatum odoratum can obviously reduce blood sugar and improve human glucose tolerance.
3. Moisturize skin and diminish inflammation
Experiments show that Polygonatum odoratum also has the functions of moistening skin, dissipating chronic inflammation of skin and treating falls and sprains.
The price of fresh Polygonatum odoratum
According to Alibaba website sales, the reference price of fresh Polygonatum odoratum is as follows:
1. Professional cooperative for planting natural ecological Chinese herbal medicines in Jinzhai County, Anhui Province: wild sulfur-free Polygonatum odoratum in Dabie Mountain, price: 58 yuan;
2. Guangzhou Xuexinhua Food Co., Ltd., Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province: low-temperature baking price of cooked Polygonatum odoratum (sulfur-free): 104RMB.
The above is the data of sales-related websites. Judging from Baidu's answers from netizens, the market for fresh Polygonatum odoratum is still in a downturn. The price that fell last year has not risen so far. The current market price is 6-7 yuan/kg. Everyone should pay more attention to information, but also to the markets in major regions! It is also a good choice to go to the market to observe price changes!