The efficacy and function of Stemona erecta

Stemona erecta is a very good medicinal material. It is often used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat patients and has extremely high medicinal value. Let us learn about several aspects of Stemona erecta.

【English name】 Sessiie Siemona Root

[Other names] Lice medicine, a nest of tigers

[Source] The tuberous root of Stemona erecta (Miq.), a plant of the Stemonaceae family . Dig up in spring and autumn, remove the fibrous roots, wash, blanch in boiling water or steam until there is no white core, take out and dry.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30 to 60 cm tall. The stem is erect and unbranched. The leaves are usually arranged in whorls of 3 to 4, ovate or elliptical, 4 to 6 cm long, 2 to 4 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, with 3 to 5 main veins; the petiole is short or nearly sessile. The flowers are small, mostly grown in the axils of scaly leaves at the lower part of the stem, with slender pedicels, erect or obliquely upward; 4 tepals, light green; 4 stamens, the connective is enlarged and protruding with lanceolate appendages; the ovary is ovate and without style. Capsule flat oval. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is July.

[Habitat distribution] Grown in hillside thickets or under bamboo forests. The main production areas are Anhui, Jiangsu, Hubei, Zhejiang and Shandong.

[Properties] The tuber is spindle-shaped, slender at the upper end, wrinkled and curved, 5 to 12 cm long and 0.5 to 1 cm in diameter. The surface is yellowish white or light yellowish brown, with irregular deep longitudinal grooves and fine wrinkles. The cross section is flat, light yellowish brown or yellowish white, the cortex is wide, and the central column is flattened. Crisp texture. It has a faint smell and tastes sweet and bitter.

[Chemical composition] Contains sessilistemonine, hordorine, tuberostemonine and protostemonine.

[Nature and flavor] Slightly warm in nature, sweet and bitter in taste.

【Functions and indications】Moistens the lungs, relieves qi, relieves cough, and kills insects. Used for new and long-term cough, lung fatigue cough, whooping cough; used externally for head lice, body lice, exotrichum, and vulvar pruritus.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Through the introduction of the traditional Chinese medicine Stemona erecta in the above article, we can clearly see that the traditional Chinese medicine Stemona erecta has many effects and functions. Therefore, in the future, everyone might as well learn more about Chinese medicines such as Stemona erecta in life.