The efficacy and function of tiger banana

For Chinese medicinal materials such as tiger-head banana, we should first understand its medicinal value and precautions before eating it. The following is some information about tiger-head banana. I hope you can read it carefully, which will be of great help in your consumption.

【Alias】

Golden thread lotus, golden silkworm, golden lycopodii, golden coin (Fujian Wild Medicinal Plants), chicken single, golden thread bend waist, golden thread fern dragon, golden thread tiger head pepper (Mindong Materia Medica), bird ginseng (Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine).

[Original form]

Perennial herb, 4 to 10 cm high. Rhizome creeping. The stem nodes are obvious. Leaves are alternate; petiole base is sheath-shaped; leaf blade is ovate, 2-5 cm long, 1-3 cm wide, acute at apex, rounded at base, with fine scale-like protrusions on the upper side, dark red underneath, the veins of young leaves are golden yellow, and orange-red when old. The pedicel is 4-5 cm long, with 2-3 flowers, and the bracts are ovate-lanceolate; the flowers are light pink; the middle sepal is round, with a sharp tip, covered with long stiff hairs on the bottom, and glued to the petals to form a helmet, the lateral sepals are ovate-oblong, oblique, and covered with long stiff hairs on the outside; the petals are semi-ovate, oblique, 7 mm long, with a 2 mm long sharp tip at the tip, the claw (handle) at the bottom of the lip is 5-6 mm long, torn on both sides, with two deep 2 cracks at the tip, and the lobes are narrow and oblong, 5 mm long; the spur is triangular-shaped, 4 mm long, with two wart-like protrusions in front of the base; there is 1 stamen, oblong. Flowering period is from August to September. The fruiting period is from September to October.

【Habitat distribution】

It grows in shady and moist evergreen broad-leaved forests or under bamboo forests. Distributed in Taiwan, Fujian and other places.

【Nature and flavor】

Sweet and flat.

【Meridian】

"Mindong Materia Medica": "It enters the liver, spleen, and kidney meridians."

【Function and indications】

It is used to treat pain in the waist and knees, vomiting blood, hematuria, spermatorrhea, nephritis, convulsions in children, and leucorrhea in women.

【Clinical Application】

①Treatment of diabetes and cystitis

【extract】

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Above we introduced what tiger-head banana is. We know that tiger-head banana is actually a traditional Chinese medicinal material that can bring us health benefits and has almost no major side effects, so you might as well try it in your spare time.