The efficacy and function of palm ginseng

When it comes to palm ginseng, we are all familiar with it. Palm ginseng is not only edible but also has very high medicinal effects. Eating palm ginseng regularly can play a very good health-preserving and health-care role.

[Alias] Buddha's hand ginseng, palm ginseng (Ningxia Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine), hand ginseng (Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine), Wangla (Tibetan name).

[Source] It is the tuber of the orchid plants Gynura strychni and Gynura strychni . Harvested in spring and autumn. Remove the stems, leaves and fibrous roots, wash, and dry them in the sun, or blanch them in boiling water and then dry them in the sun.

【Original form】 ① Ginseng, also known as Yin Yang Grass.

[Habitat distribution] Produced in Northeast China, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Hebei and other places.

[Properties] The dried tuber is shaped like a palm, with finger-like fissures, usually 4 to 6 unequal fissures, slightly flat, 2.5 to 3.5 cm long, 2 to 2.5 cm in diameter, with a wrinkled and light yellow surface, sometimes with a brown ring around the stem scar. The texture is hard; the cross section is white and gelatinous. It has a peculiar smell and a light taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, neutral.

[Meridian] "Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines in Sichuan": "Enters the lung, spleen, and stomach meridians."

【Functions and indications】Replenishes Qi and blood, promotes the production of body fluids and quenches thirst. It is used to treat cough and asthma due to lung deficiency, emaciation due to consumptive disease, neurasthenia, chronic diarrhea, blood loss, leucorrhea, lack of milk, and chronic hepatitis.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.3-1 liang; grind into powder or make into syrup or soak in wine.

【Note】 "Handbook of Plateau Chinese Herbal Medicine Treatment": "Do not take if you have an external infection."

[Additional prescription] ① Physical weakness after treatment: three grams of palm ginseng. Decoction in water. (Hebei Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook)

[Note] The tubers of the same family plant , the long-bracted concave tongue orchid, are also used as medicine in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai. The main differences from the ginseng are: the leaves are elliptical or oval, more than 3 cm wide; the bracts are much longer than the flowers; the flowers are yellow-green, the lip has 2 to 3 lobes, and the spur is short and sac-shaped.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Northeast Medicinal Plants"

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