The efficacy and function of black yang ginseng

Black yang ginseng is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has high medicinal value and has a good health-care effect on some diseases. In our lives, many medicines use black yang ginseng as the main ingredient, but we still need to pay attention to many taboos when taking black yang ginseng.

【Alias】

Black ginseng (Compendium of Materia Medica in Southern Yunnan), white lithospermum officinale, ox tongue vegetable (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine), and wild figwort (Yunnan Economic Plants).

[Original form]

Perennial herb, about 30 meters high. The roots are enlarged, cylindrical, and have purple-brown skin. The stem is erect and the whole plant is hairy. Basal leaves are clustered, oblong-spoon-shaped, 10-14 cm long, 3-4 cm wide, entire, and covered with rough hairs on both sides, denser below; stem leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, and less than 1 cm wide. The inflorescence is terminal; the flowers are small and blue; the calyx is bell-shaped. 5-lobed; corolla tube is funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, and the lobes are round; stamens are equal in length to corolla. There are 4 small nuts, which are semi-spherical.

【Habitat distribution】

Grown under sparse woods on hillsides, in thickets or grass. Distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi.

【Nature and flavor】

"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "It is slightly cold in nature, bitter and slightly sweet in taste."

【Function and indications】

Nourish yin, replenish deficiency, eliminate heat and detoxify. Treats fever due to consumptive tuberculosis, dizziness, stranguria, carbuncle, mouth ulcer, and tooth decay.

【Usage and Dosage】

For internal use: decoction). For external use: mash and apply or grind into powder and sprinkle.

【Additional prescription】

① Treat stranguria due to heat and fever due to yin deficiency: 3 to 5 qian of Heiyang ginseng. Decoction in water.

【extract】

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【Source】

From "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica"

The above is an introduction to Black Yang Ginseng. Through this introduction we can understand that Black Yang Ginseng has high medicinal value and can effectively relieve many diseases, but remember not to take it indiscriminately.