Pinyin name Du Ye Bai Jī: and

Alias: glutinous bletilla striata, small bletilla striata (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine), and solitary mushroom (Guizhou Medicinal Plant Catalogue).

The source is the tuber of cymbidium yunnanense of Orchidaceae. Autumn collection. Wash and slice, dry or use fresh.

Perennial herb in original form, height15 ~ 25 cm. Tubers are thick, angular, ovoid and white. Leaves are single, born from rhizome after flowering, ovate-lanceolate, with parallel veins, entire, stem rooted, single flower terminal, pink. Capsule with fine seeds.

Habitat distribution is born in shady and humid places under forests. Distributed in Yunnan and Guizhou.

Nature and taste "Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine": bitter, flat.

Functional indication

Tonifying lung, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, stopping bleeding and promoting granulation. Treat silicosis, tuberculosis, whooping cough, tracheitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, carbuncle and traumatic bleeding.

3 "Selected Chinese Herbal Medicine in Yunnan": moistening lung and stopping bleeding. Treat silicosis, tuberculosis, tracheitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, traumatic bleeding, furuncle and traumatic injury.

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 3 ~ 5 yuan; Or grinding powder. External use: tamping or grinding.

Attached prescription

1 Treatment of whooping cough, tuberculosis and tracheitis: Bletilla unifolium costs one yuan. Grinding, and mixing with honey.

2. Treatment of heat asthma: Bletilla striata San Qian. Decoct with water.

3 Treatment of suppurative osteomyelitis (caused by fracture): Bletilla striata powder is one yuan. Wine delivery service.

4 treatment of sores and swelling: fresh bletilla striata roots are smashed and applied to the affected area. (The selected prescription is Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine)

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