Pohmetic seeds are also known as sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes. Chengdu Muma Mountain is the largest main production area in the country.

Medicine name

Digua

Pinyin

DIGUA

Source

For Gemini Leaf botanical root tuber of the leguminous plant jicama.

Efficacy

Produces fluid and quenches thirst.

Indications

Cure fever and thirst.

Meridian distribution of nature and flavor

"Lu Chuan Materia Medica": "Sweet, cool."

Returns to the lung and stomach meridians.

Usage and Dosage

Oral administration: Eat raw or cooked.

Alternative names

Tugua, Lianggua, Liangyao, Kudzu, Kudzu, Turadish ("Chinese Medicinal Plants"), Caoguaru ("Luchuan Materia Medica") , kudzu, and radish (Jiangxi "Herbal Medicine Handbook")

Medicinal parts

The seeds (sweet potato seeds) of this plant are also used for medicinal purposes, and there will be a separate article for details.

Distribution of animal and plant resources

It is cultivated in Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, Hubei and other places.

Harvesting and storage of medicinal materials

Collecting in autumn.

Latin name

Pachyrhizus erosus(L.)Urban

Textual research

From "Chinese Medicinal Plants".

Chemical composition of traditional Chinese medicine

Each 100 grams of tubers contains 0.56 grams of protein, 0.18 grams of fat, and 8.2 grams of carbohydrates. The leaves contain pachyrhizid.