Drug name: Belamcanda.

English name:? Rootstock? BELAMCANDAE？

Latin plant and animal mineral name: rhizome? Belamcandae？

Alias: Cungan, Wu Fan, Polygonatum odoratum, Wupu, Huangyuan, Yegan, Linderae, Wucui, Jiang Cao, Ghost Fan, Wing, Cactus, Ardisia japonica, Wild Xuanhua, Polygonatum odoratum, Polygonatum odoratum, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Sabina vulgaris, Cold Water Dan and Cold Water Spray. ?

It is the rhizome of Iris belamcanda. Bitter, cold and toxic, entering lung and liver meridians. It is a traditional Chinese medicine with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving sore throat, clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, and dissipating heat.

Indications: It can be used to treat laryngitis, sore throat, cough with adverse symptoms, excessive phlegm and saliva, scrofula, malaria mother, amenorrhea of women, carbuncle, swelling and sore.

plant morphology

Belamcanda is a perennial herb of Iris, with a height of 50 ~ 120 cm, bright yellow rhizome and many fibrous roots. The stem is upright. Leaves in 2 rows, flat, sword-shaped, 25 ~ 60 cm long and 2 ~ 4 cm wide, green, often with white powder, tapering at the top, stipe at the base and parallel veins. Racemes are terminal and forked; Pedicel has membranous bracts at the base, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, about 65438 0 cm long; The flower diameter is 3 ~ 5cm, the perianth has 6 or 2 circles, the inner circle is 3 pieces smaller, the perianth pieces are oval, 2 ~ 2.5cm long and about 1cm wide, the apex is blunt, the base is narrow, orange-yellow and there are dark red spots; Stamens 3, shorter than perianth, anthers extroverted; Ovary inferior, 3-loculed. Style rod-shaped, stigma shallow 3-lobed. Capsule oval, 2.5 ~ 3.5 cm long, 3 sides, 3 valves when mature. Seeds black, subglobose. The flowering period is from July to September. Fruit-bearing period: August ~ 65438+ 10.

The dried rhizome of medicinal materials is irregular and nodular, about 3 ~ 10 cm long and 1 ~ 1.5 cm in diameter. The surface is grayish brown or with dark brown spots, oblique or twisted annular wrinkles, closely arranged, with disc-shaped stem marks on it and residual fine roots and root marks below. Hard, yellow part, granular. Slight breathing and bitterness. It's better to be fat, yellow and hairless. ?

Belamcanda likes warm sun, drought-resistant, cold-resistant, and afraid of water accumulation. It has strong adaptability and can naturally overwinter in the low temperature area of-17℃. The requirements for soil are not strict, and the sandy loam with fertile, loose, high terrain and good drainage is better. ?

Belamcanda has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is a conventional bulk variety in the Chinese herbal medicine market and has been selling well for many years. Due to the increase in consumption, commodity shortage and rising prices, it is imperative to develop Belamcanda, which is in short supply.