Haiyao

Alias: Tianhe, shy sky grass, across the river Xian, Guanyin Lotus, sharp-tailed wild taro head, wolfsbane head, one-legged lotus, wild taro, wood taro, tiger taro, big worm taro, poisonous taro, Tianmeng, Tiger Meng, scarab taro, large-leafed wild taro, wild taro, Xi taro, Tu Tong, Tianhe taro, Guangdong wolfsbane, Park potato head, big wolfsbane, this wolfsbane, Gupta taro, marijuana taro, Big epiphyllum, pig not arch, pig tube bean, chemical bone Dan, snake taro, dog god taro.

Sexual flavor: pungent, cold.

Meridian: to the heart, liver, gallbladder, large intestine meridian.

Medicine part: the rhizome or stem of Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) Schott, family Amanita muscaria.

Morphological features: the goods are cut into slices, orbicular or oblong-elliptic, often rolled into a variety of forms, 6-10cm in diameter, 2-3cm thick; the surface is brown or brownish-brown. The surface is brown or brownish-brown. It is light in texture, easy to break, white or yellowish-white in cross section, showing granularity. Slightly gas, light flavor, chewing the numb tongue and stinging throat.

Usage and dosage of calla lilies

Internal: decoction, 3-9g, fresh 15-30g (need to be sliced rice and fried until the rice is scorched, then add water and boil until the rice is rotten, remove the slag. (Or long decoction 2h after use).

External use: appropriate amount, pounded compresses (can not be applied to colds, abdominal pain, tuberculosis, rheumatism and bone pain, boils, carbuncle, scrofula, epiphyseal gangrene, baldness, scabies, insect and snake bites.

The taro's prescription

1, the prevention and treatment of influenza: fresh taro rhizome 5kg, peeled and washed, cut into thin slices, 120g of rice, salt 15g. Mixed into the pot, frying to rice into brownish-black, add 10000ml of water, boil for 2h, filtering. Prevention: 1 time a day, each time to serve 150 ml, served 3 d. Treatment: 2 times a day, each time 150 ml. ("National Herbal Compendium")

2, the treatment of summer headache and body fatigue: (wild) taro root sealed with wet paper, simmering hot to rub the head and forehead and the waist and spine, front and back of the heart, the hands and feet bending. Can make people all over the body smooth. ("Lingnan medicine book")

3, the treatment of colic cholera abdominal pain: wild taro 120g (fried yellow), sweeping tube leaves (Gang Song) 60g (fried yellow). The first wild taro decoction, and then the sweeping tube leaves while boiling down the decoction for a few moments, remove the slag warm service. Avoid drinking rice soup. ("Lingnan herbal medicine")

4, treatment of intestinal typhoid fever: wild taro (sliced) 120g, add 30g of rice and raw embroidered nails 2 fried yellow, add the right amount of water to decoction. (Guangxi herbal medicine)

5, treatment of rheumatism and bone pain: wild taro thick slices. First, a little camphor in the center of the taro, with fire roast camphor, while the fire is not extinguished, quickly compress the affected area. ("Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine")

6, the treatment of carbuncles, sores: (wild taro) fresh rhizome appropriate amount. Add wine 30g mashed, with (wild taro) leaf package, simmering hot compress. ("Guangxi materia medica selection")

7, the treatment of gangrene of the brain: wild taro root 1. Grind it with vinegar as a paste and apply it to the affected part. {Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 1955, (10): 24}

8, the treatment of epiphysitis: taro, plantain root (each appropriate amount). Pound it and apply it to the affected area. ("Hunan drug Zhi")

9, the treatment of mouth sores: fresh taro stems appropriate amount, alum a little. The same mashed and applied to the affected area. ("Fujian Drug Journal")

10, the treatment of baldness: taro root 30g, garlic, ginger, white pepper 15g. **** research, sorghum wine 250g, soaked in 48h, take the wine rub the affected area. ("Fujian Drug Journal")

11, treatment of seborrheic baldness: taro stems 250g, 500g of tea oil. decocted to the taro deep yellow, remove the dregs, the first oil tea cake with boiling water for a few moments, take the liquid wash head, and then taro oil coated with rubbing from the outside to the inside. ("Fujian Drug Journal")

12, the treatment of poisonous snakes, centipede bites: trace taro 60g, raw oil citrus wood bark 30g. salt water and medicine and pounded to wet paper or leaves wrapped in hot compresses on the affected area. ("Lingnan Herb Journal")

Taro contraindications

This product is toxic, should not be eaten raw. People who are weak and pregnant women should not be taken with caution. Its toxicity is manifested as: skin contact with the sap occurs itching; eye contact with the sap leads to blindness; accidental ingestion of stems and leaves cause itching of the tongue, throat, swelling, salivation, burning pain in the stomach and intestines, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, sweating, convulsions, severe cases of asphyxiation, cardiac paralysis and death.