The efficacy and function of wax bamboo

I believe many people are familiar with the Chinese medicinal material wax bamboo. As a common Chinese medicinal material, wax bamboo is rich in nutrients. Let us learn about it in detail below.

[Other name] Sichuan sugarcane parasite

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Orobanchaceae plant.

[Original morphology] The whole plant of Pseudo-Wild Zizania latifolia is 3-8 (-12) cm tall. Constant plants are tufted and nearly glabrous. The stem is short, unbranched, 1-2 cm long. There are few leaves, and the leaves are ovate. Flowers are usually 2 to several clustered at the top of the stem; bracts are oblong-ovate, 0.8-1cm long and 5-6mm wide; nearly sessile or with very short stalks; calyx is tubular, nearly membranous or nearly leathery after drying, 1.5-3cm long, apex is often irregular, 5-lobed, very rarely 4-lobed, lobes are triangular or needle-shaped, unequal in size; corolla is tubular, white, rarely light purple, 2-7cm long, apex 5-lobed, lobes are nearly rounded, entire; stamens are 4, included, filaments are inserted near the base of the tube, 0.8-1cm long, the upper 2 stamens are 1-chambered, developed, ovoid or elliptical, 3-4mm long, the lower 1 stamen is 1-chambered, the other chamber is degenerated into a club-shaped appendage, the appendage is 4-6mm long, with a small tip at the base; ovary is 1-chambered, style is 2.5-4cm long, glabrous, rarely covered with sparse glandular hairs at the top, stigma is large, disc-shaped, 4-6mm in diameter. The fruit is oval. Small species, numerous. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from August to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under bamboo forests or in humid places at an altitude of 1500-2000m.

【Functions and indications】Detoxification and dehumidification. Main genital scurvy

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and decoct in water for fumigation and washing.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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