The efficacy and function of Cypripedium variegatum

Variegated Cyperus is a medicinal material, which is quite common in life. We can eat Variegated Cyperus appropriately. Since many people don’t know much about Variegated Cyperus, let’s take a look at it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the flower or whole herb of the orchidaceae plant Cyperus purpurogenus.

[Original form] Purple-spotted Cypripedium, a terrestrial plant, 15-25cm tall. Rhizome horizontal, slender. Stem erect, pubescent, with 2 leaves near middle. Leaves are alternate or nearly opposite; leaf blades are elliptical or ovate-elliptical. 5-12cm long, 2.5-4.5cm wide, with an acute or acuminate tip and sparse, short, soft hairs on the dorsal vein. The flowers are solitary, white with purple spots, and often less than 3 cm in diameter; the middle sepal is ovate-elliptic, 1.5-2.2 cm long; the syncepal sepals are nearly linear or narrowly elliptic, 1.2-1.8 cm long, with 2 teeth at the apex. The back is hairy, with fine ciliate margins; the petals are almost as long as the sepals, semi-ovate, nearly violin-shaped, vase-shaped or obliquely ovate-lanceolate, 1.3-1.8cm long, with hairs at the inner base; the lip is almost as large as the middle sepal, nearly spherical, with very small inflected lateral lobes, and the theca almost has no anterior incurved margin; the reduced stamens are nearly elliptical, with nearly truncated or slightly concave apex; the stigma is nearly rhombic; the ovary is pubescent.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under forests or on grasslands in high-altitude mountainous areas.

【Chemical composition】 Contains copper (0.1%), manganese (0.1%), titanium (0.01%), aluminum (1%), iron (2%), and silicon (1.2%).

【Functions and indications】Sedative and analgesic; sweating and antipyretic. Neurasthenia; epilepsy; febrile convulsions in children; headache; epigastric pain

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g; or soaked in wine.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Nowadays, people's life pressure is constantly increasing, which makes our bodies often in a state of fatigue. As a traditional Chinese medicine, Cyperus variegatus has a certain regulating effect on the body. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.