The efficacy and function of tiger stone

The traditional Chinese medicine Tiger Stone is often used by people in real life because of its functions and effects. So, what kind of effects and functions does tiger stone have? Let us study it together.

【English name】 all-grass of Greenflower Twayblade

[Other names] Shrimp orchid, grass orchid, stone loach

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Allium grandiflorum, a plant of the Orchidaceae family.

[Original form] Large-flowered sheep's ear garlic, a perennial epiphytic herb, 22-30cm tall. Rhizome creeping. The pseudobulb is densely grown, ovate-cylindrical to cylindrical, fleshy, 4-5cm long, with 2 terminal leaves. The leaves are linear-oblong, gradually pointed, narrowed into a petiole at the base, with joints, 18-26cm long and 2.2-2.5cm wide. The scape emerges from the top of the pseudostem, erect or more or less curved, with narrow wings; the raceme has several to more than 10 flowers; the bracts are linear-lanceolate, narrow, with acute apex, shorter than the ovary; the flowers are large, yellow-green or yellow, and sparse; the sepals are narrowly oblong, acute, 1.3cm long, 2.5-3mm wide, open, more or less reflexed, and the lateral sepals are slightly oblique; the petals are linear, the same length as the sepals, the lip is rounded or nearly rounded, 10-14mm long, 9-11mm wide, sometimes wider than long, with 2 papillate calluses on the base, obtuse at the apex, and the margin is almost entire or obtusely serrated; the wings near the apex of the syncytium are slightly enlarged and obtuse.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: epiphytic on trees in broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 850m.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; cold;

【Meridian】 Lung meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and relieves cough. Lung heat cough

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: mainly used to treat pneumonia.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above are the effects and functions of tiger stones. We can also eat tiger stones reasonably according to our own situation to relieve the pain caused by the disease.