The efficacy and function of orange-yellow jade phoenix flower

Orange-yellow Jade is one of the common traditional Chinese medicines in our country. The medicinal history of Orange-yellow Jade is very long. There are records of Orange-yellow Jade in many ancient medical books. Orange-yellow Jade has good edible and medicinal value. Let’s take a look.

【English name】 all-grass of Redclawed Habenaria

[Other name] Feihua sheep, chicken mother worm medicine

[Source] Medicinal material source: The tuber of the orchid plant Orchidaceae.

[Original form] Orange-yellow Jade Phoenix, perennial herb, 8-35cm tall. The tuber is oblong and fleshy. The leaves are oblong, 10-15cm long, gradually pointed at the apex, and clasping the stem at the base. The raceme has 2-10 flowers; sepals are green, about 1 cm long, the middle sepal is hemispherical, the lateral sepals are oblong, reflexed and spirally; the petals are green, linear-spatulate, the lip is orange-yellow, 2-3 times longer than the sepals, clawed, and 4-lobed; the spur is dirty yellow, curved, longer than the ovary, and almost 1 times longer than the lip; the stigma is 2-lobed, the ovary is slender, 2-3 cm long.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in the shade and wet places under forests or on rocks in valleys.

【Nature and flavor】 sweet; neutral

[Entry] Enters the lung, liver, and kidney meridians

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; promotes blood circulation and relieves pain. Mainly used for lung heat cough; sores, swelling and infection; traumatic injury

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-9g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Materia Medica Compendium": The effects are the same as those of Herba Cynoglossi.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced the Orange-Yellow Jade and its characteristics. We can know that the Orange-Yellow Jade has very good efficacy and functions, and has played a therapeutic and auxiliary therapeutic role in many diseases. I hope this will be helpful to everyone’s health.