The efficacy and function of a large gong

Dayianluo is a traditional Chinese medicine. This type of medicine can involve many aspects in the treatment of diseases. Therefore, before choosing Dayianluo, you must have a good understanding of it. Let us introduce it in detail below.

[Other names] Big green (Emei Medicinal Plants), White-haired grass (Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica).

[Source] The whole herb or root of the Gesneriaceae plant. The whole herb is harvested in spring and summer. Use fresh or dried.

[Original morphology] Perennial herb, densely covered with light yellow coarse hairs. The rhizome is lignified and has adventitious roots. The stem is erect, 15 to 33 cm high. There is one leaf, erect, growing at the top of the stem, almost sessile; the leaf blade is broadly ovate-elliptical, up to 22 cm long and about 12.5 cm wide, sometimes with 1 to 2 scale-like leaflets, also growing at the end of the stem, about 2 cm long, nearly 2 cm wide, with a pointed tip; the edge has serrations of varying sizes, and the base is heart-shaped or round. The flowers are arranged in umbels or solitary at the top of the stem, with a pedicel about 2 cm long; the calyx has 5 lobes, the lobes are oblong, pointed at the tip, and 12 mm long; the lower part of the corolla is fused into a tube, 4 cm long, with 2 lips at the tip, and 2 rows of hairs inside the tube; there are 4 stamens, and the filaments curl after the pollen is released, pulling the anthers into the corolla tube.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in moist alkaline soil near the forest.

[Properties and flavors] "Sichuan Chinese Materia Medica": "Neutral in nature, sweet and salty in taste, non-toxic."

【Functions and indications】 ① "Emei Medicinal Plants": "Root: resolves phlegm and relieves cough."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Sichuan Chinese Medicine Records"

The above are some of the basic functions of Dayian Luo introduced to you, as well as the method of eating Dayian Luo, so that you will not use it wrongly when eating it, and you can also make better use of the value of Dayian Luo.