The efficacy and function of onion

Allium tuberosum is a very common Chinese medicine in our daily life and is also very important in our daily life. However, some people don’t know much about the effects and functions of allium tuberosum, so let us learn about it in detail below.

[Other names] Gecong (Qian Jin Shizhi), Shancong (Tang Materia Medica), Gecong, Luerer Onion (Jiuhuang Materia Medica).

[Source] It is the bulb of the Allium sibiricum plant of the Liliaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb. The bulb is oblong and the bulb skin is mesh-like. The leaves are long-petiolate, oblong or long elliptic, entire, soft and smooth, slightly pinkish white; parallel veins. The flower stem is 30 to 60 cm long: the flowers are small, green-white or even lavender, clustered at the top of the stem, arranged in umbels; there are 6 perianths; 6 stamens; the ovary is superior, 3-chambered, the style is filiform, and the stigma is small. Capsule, loculicidal; seeds black.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in mountain forests and meadows. Distributed in Northeast China, North China, Hubei, Sichuan, Gansu, Yunnan and other places.

[Chemical composition] Mainly contains methyl allyl disulfide, diallyl disulfide and methyl allyl trisulfide, which is the source of its aroma; it also contains saponins and sugars: 1-cosose and neocosose.

[Properties and flavors] "Qianjin·Food Therapy": "spicy, slightly warm, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 ① "Qianjin·Food Therapy": "It can eliminate the evil miasma and poison. Its seeds can treat spermatorrhea."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Tang Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica": Gecong is wild onion, which can be found in mountains and plains. Those that grow in sandy land are called sand onions, and those that grow in marshes are called water onions. It blooms white flowers and produces seeds that look like small shallots. People often don't realize that shallots are actually garlic onions, and mistakenly call this shallot.

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