Effects and functions of Corydalis yanhusuo[picture]

Corydalis yanhusuo [picture] is a very common Chinese medicinal material in daily life. It has high medicinal and nutritional value to the human body and is not too difficult to purchase. Let’s analyze several aspects of Corydalis yanhusuo [picture] below.

【English name】 Rhizoma Corydalis Turschaninovii

[Other names] Bluebird flower, blue flower vegetable, Yuanhu

[Source] It is the tuber of Corydalisturschaninovii Bess., a plant of the Poppy family.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 8 to 25 cm tall. The stem is slightly thick and grows in the axils of scale leaves. The scale leaves are relatively large and 2 cm long. There are 2 to 3 leaves on the upper part of the stem; the leaves are 6 to 8 cm long, twice-tripleted, and the leaflets are lanceolate or narrowly obovate, with entire margins. The raceme is terminal; there are 4 petals, which are blue-purple, the upper lip has 2 shallow lobes at the top, with short tips, and is rectangular and cylindrical, while the lower lip has 2 lobes; there are 6 stamens; there is 1 pistil, which is linear. The capsule is nearly rosary-shaped and 1.5 cm long. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from June to July.

[Habitat distribution] It grows under sparse woods or in forest edge thickets and slightly wetlands on hillsides. Produced in Northeast China.

[Properties] The tuber is oblate, broadly conical or thinly conical, with a diameter of 0.5 to 2.5 cm. The surface is bright yellow or yellow. There are a few lumpy lateral tubers at the top, and traces of adventitious roots can be seen at the bottom. It is hard, bright yellow in cross section, horny, and has a waxy luster. Tastes bitter.

[Chemical composition] Contains corydaline acetone, corydaline acetone, corydaline acetone, tetrahydroberberine, palmitic acid, stigmasterol, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, saponins, etc.

[Functions and indications] Same as Corydalis yanhusuo.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] Corydalis was first recorded in the Tang Dynasty Chen Cangqi's "Compendium of Materia Medica", and the Song Dynasty's "Kaibao Materia Medica" said:

Corydalis yanhusuo [picture] is a medicinal material that has existed for a long time. It is recorded in many Chinese medicine books, which shows that Corydalis yanhusuo [picture] does have good medicinal value.