English names:
Leopard lily, leopard flower, blackberry lily.
Description:
Perennial herbaceous plant, 0.5-1m. high. Rhizome horizontal, creeping, much-branched. Leaves linear, amplexicaul and distichous, forming a fan; nerves closely parallel. Flowers orange, spotted with purple. Fruit ovoid, bearing numerous seeds, shiny black.
Flowering period:
July - October.
Distribution:
Cultivated as an ornamental plant.
Parts used:
The rhizomes, collected in autumn, are used fresh or dried.
Chemical composition:
The rhizomes contain glucosides: belamcandin, tectoridin, shekanin and iridin.
Therapeutic uses:
The rhizome is well-known for its antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antifebrile and expectorant properties. It is prescribed in the treatment of cough, sore throat, tonsillitis, laryngitis and pertussis. It is also effective for fever, dysmenorrhoea, dyschezia, dysuria, mastitis, galactophoritis, otalgia and snake-bite. The usual daily dose is 3 to 6g of dried rhizome in a decoction, or 10 to 20g of fresh rhizome pounded with a little salt, for perlingual administration.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Leopard lily, leopard flower, blackberry lily.
Description:
Perennial herbaceous plant, 0.5-1m. high. Rhizome horizontal, creeping, much-branched. Leaves linear, amplexicaul and distichous, forming a fan; nerves closely parallel. Flowers orange, spotted with purple. Fruit ovoid, bearing numerous seeds, shiny black.
Flowering period:
July - October.
Distribution:
Cultivated as an ornamental plant.
Parts used:
The rhizomes, collected in autumn, are used fresh or dried.
Chemical composition:
The rhizomes contain glucosides: belamcandin, tectoridin, shekanin and iridin.
Therapeutic uses:
The rhizome is well-known for its antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antifebrile and expectorant properties. It is prescribed in the treatment of cough, sore throat, tonsillitis, laryngitis and pertussis. It is also effective for fever, dysmenorrhoea, dyschezia, dysuria, mastitis, galactophoritis, otalgia and snake-bite. The usual daily dose is 3 to 6g of dried rhizome in a decoction, or 10 to 20g of fresh rhizome pounded with a little salt, for perlingual administration.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
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