Collecting and processing: medicinal root blocks are collected in autumn and winter; Wash, boil or steam, remove the skin while it is hot, slice and dry in the sun, smoke with sulfur, and store in a sealed can to prevent moth and mildew.

Nature and taste: nourishing yin and clearing heat, moistening dryness and promoting fluid production.

Applied prescription

1.Treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis and cough: Radix Asparagi15g, Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Adenophorae12g each, decocted in water.

2. Treatment of hernia: fresh asparagus15-30g (peeled) is decocted in water, and yellow wine is taken orally.

3. Treat fatigue and body pain: at the end of the winter, take a square inch of wine, three days; Avoid carp ("Compendium of Materia Medica" quoted from "Thousand Golden Formulas").

4. Cure the black face and make it white: expose the asparagus, make pills with honey, and wash your face daily (cited in Compendium of Materia Medica <; Sheng Ji zong Lu ").

5. Those who have not cured aphtha for years: Radix Asparagi and Radix Ophiopogonis are removed from the heart, and Radix Scrophulariae is divided into equal parts, which is the end. The honey pills are big, and one pill is taken every day ("Compendium of Materia Medica" quoted "The Essentials of Qi Dezhi's Surgery").

6. Treatment of bronchitis: 9 grams of asparagus and 9 grams of Fritillaria, decocted in water.

Taboo: Do not eat with carp.