The efficacy and function of Belamcanda chinensis[picture]

I don’t know if you are familiar with Shegan [Picture] and whether you understand its effects and functions. Let’s carefully analyze the value and eating methods of Shegan [Picture].

【English name】 RHIZOMA BELAMCANDAE

[Other names] Black fan, flat bamboo, twisted grass, scissors grass, mountain cattail fan, wild daylily, butterfly flower

[Source] This product is the dried rhizome of Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC., a plant of the Iridaceae family. Dig it up in early spring when it just sprouts or in late autumn when the stems and leaves wither, remove the fibrous roots and mud, and dry it.

[Properties] This product is in the shape of irregular nodules, 3 to 10 cm long and 1 to 2 cm in diameter. The surface is yellowish brown, tan or dark brown, wrinkled, and has dense ring marks. There are several disc-shaped sunken stem scars on the top, with occasional remnants of the stem base; there are residual fine roots and root scars on the bottom. Hard, yellow in cross section, granular. It has a faint smell and tastes bitter and slightly spicy.

【Identification】 (1) Cross section of this product: the epidermis sometimes remains. Cork cells are multiserial. Cortex has rare leaf trace vascular bundles; endodermis is not obvious. The vascular bundles of the pericycle are of peritrichum and exotrichum types, and are arranged more densely towards the outside. There are calcium oxalate columnar crystals in the parenchyma, and it also contains starch granules and oil droplets. Orange yellow powder. There are many calcium oxalate columnar crystals, which are prismatic and mostly broken. The intact ones are 49 to 240 (315) μm long and about 49 μm in diameter. Single starch granules are round or oval, with a diameter of 2 to 17 μm and a hilum. Compound granules are very rare and consist of 2 to 5 sub-granules. The thin-walled cells are round or oval, with slightly thickened or conical thickening walls and a single pit. Cork cells are brown, polygonal in surface view, with thin walls, slightly curved, and some contain brown substances.

[Processing] Remove impurities, wash, soak, cut into thin slices, and dry. This product is irregular or long in shape, with yellow cross section. Determined by the method under the above [Extract], it shall not be less than 18.0%.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cold.

【return through meridian】return to lung meridian.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, eliminates phlegm and relieves sore throat. It is used for stagnation of heat, toxicity, phlegm and fire, sore throat, excessive phlegm, cough and asthma.

【Usage and Dosage】 3～9g.

【Storage】 Store in a dry place.

[Remarks] (1) It can clear away heat and toxins, reduce swelling and pain, and is often used in combination with burdock, platycodon, licorice, etc. It is used to treat cough, phlegm and asthma, and is often used in combination with ephedra, aster, coltsfoot, etc.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Pharmacopoeia

[Source] "Ben Jing"

The above introduction to the knowledge about Shegan [Picture], I believe that everyone will have a better understanding of Shegan [Picture]. In our daily life, we can eat Belamcanda chinensis [picture] to regulate and improve our body.