Palm ginseng, aliases: bergamot ginseng, palm ginseng ("Ningxia Chinese Herbal Medicine Handbook"), hand ginseng ("Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine"), Wangla (Tibetan name). It is the tuber of the orchid plant ginseng and coarse-veined ginseng. Harvesting in spring and autumn. Remove the stems, leaves and fibrous roots, wash them, dry them in the sun, or blanch them with boiling water before drying them. It is produced in Northeast China, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Hebei and other places. Dried tubers are shaped like palms, finger-shaped**, usually 4-6-lobed unequal, slightly flattened, 25～3.5 cm, diameter 2 25 cm, the surface is wrinkled, pale yellow, sometimes with 1 brown ring around the stem scar. Hard;The section is white and gelatinous. The gas is peculiar and the taste is light. It has the ability to nourish qi and blood, and quench thirst.
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Sexual taste】 Sweet, flat.
1.Handbook of Ningxia Chinese Herbal Medicine:"Sweet and bitter, slightly cold. "
2."Sichuan Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine":"Gan, Ping. "
3."Plateau Chinese Herbal Medicine** Handbook":"It is slightly warm, sweet and non-toxic. "
"Sichuan Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine":"into the lungs, spleen, and stomach meridians. "
2."Shanxi Traditional Chinese Medicine":"Astringent, hemostasis, detoxification.
3."Heilongjiang Folk Traditional Chinese Medicine":"Soak in wine to cure yin dysfunction. "
4."Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants":"Eliminate stasis. Treatment of bruises, blood accumulation is not possible. "
5."Sichuan Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicine":"Nourish blood and qi, and quench thirst. Treat lung deficiency, cough and asthma, deficiency and thinness, and lack of milk. "
7."Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine":"Nourishes and strengthens the spleen and lungs, calms the nerves and calms convulsions, nourishes qi and relieves pain.
Chemical composition
The whole herb of palm ginseng contains 6% volatile oil, including methyl aldehyde (methbylvanillin) and sunflower (piperonal). The tuber contains mucilage, starch, protein, sugar, calcium oxalate, and inorganic salts.
Identification
take 0 of the powder of this product5g, add 10ml of water, shake well, place for 15min, it is gel-like, take a small amount and put it on the slide, add 1-2 drops of ink, and the gel will not be dyed black.