The efficacy and role of Tu'er [picture]

Tu'er [picture] is usually used as a medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. This is also because of the medicinal value of Tu'er[图] itself, so today I will tell you about the relevant knowledge about Tu'er[图].

[Other names] Jiuniuzi, Jiuziyang, Tudan, Dilizi, Yeliangshu, Jinxiandiaogoulu [Dexing, Jiangxi]

[Source] It is a plant of the genus Apios fortunei Maxim. in the family Fabaceae. Its tubers, leaves and seeds are used as medicine. Dig up the roots in autumn and dry them. Pick leaves in spring, collect seeds in autumn and dry them in the sun.

[Original form] Perennial twining herb with nearly spherical tubers, fleshy, earthy brown, and rich in starch. The leaves are odd-pinnate, alternate, with 3 to 5 leaflets, petioles about 6 cm long, stipules lanceolate, and both stipules fall off early, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 4 cm wide, apex acuminate to acute, base rounded, entire, upper veins sparsely covered with short stiff hairs, petiolules short. In summer, racemes emerge from leaf axils, with about twenty flowers arranged sparsely, and both large and small bracts are linear; calyx is slightly two-lipped and glabrous; corolla is green-white, with the standard petal broadly obovate, the wing petals rectangular, short and narrow, the keel petal longest, narrow rectangular, curled or semicircular; stamens (9+1) in two groups; ovary without stalk, with sparse white short hairs, and style long and curled into a circle. The pods are flat, 6 to 9 cm long and covered with short soft hairs.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on hillsides, roadsides and bushes. Distributed in provinces and regions such as Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan.

【Chemical composition】 The root tubers contain a lot of starch and have biological alkaline reaction.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet, slightly bitter, neutral.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies, resolves phlegm and relieves cough. Whooping cough, cold and cough, sore throat; used externally to treat snake bites, sores and swelling.

[Usage and Dosage] 0.5-1 liang; for external use, mash the fresh root and apply it to the affected area.

[Additional prescription] For poisonous snake bites: 0.5-1 liang of Tu'er, mash it and apply it to the wound. If the victim is bitten by an aesculaphobia, add 5 qian each of raw pinellia, raw arisaema and dandelion, mash them and apply externally.

【Excerpt】 National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicines

[Source] "Herbal Medicine for Famine Relief"

The above article introduces some common knowledge about Tu'er [Picture]. In order to make more people understand Tu'er [Picture], you can accumulate more related things in your daily life, which will play an important role in keeping us healthy.