Product name : DIOSCOREA NIPPONICA MARK

Item : 79351486051

Details :
    In the bushes on both sides of the river valley in the mountainous area or in the sparse forest and the edge of the forest, a kind of winding herbaceous vine usually grows. Its obvious characteristics are that the cane is slender and can reach 5 meters, the leaves are triangular-oval, and the palm-shaped veins are obvious. The rhizomes grow horizontally, are hard, have many branches, and the skin peels off in flakes. People often call it "Chuanshanlong" or "Chuandilong". In fact, its official name is Dioscorea chinensis, which is a plant of the genus Dioscorea in the family Liliaceae.

       Botanical information of "Pearosaurus":
       "Chuanshanlong" is an alias, which is a name in Northeast China and Shanxi; the official Chinese name is Chuanlong yam. Other names include Chuandilong (walking horizontally due to roots), Shanchangshan and so on.
       "Chuanshanlong" is mainly distributed in Northeast my country, North China, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan and other provinces in China; In bushes, under sparse miscellaneous trees and forest margins, rarely distributed on mountain ridges. In recent years, the area of artificial cultivation in the Northeast and other places has continued to expand, which is also a way for farmers to increase their income.
       The most obvious identification features of "Chuanshanlong":
       1. The cane is slender and winding, the rhizome runs horizontally, cylindrical, with many branches
       2. The leaves are alternate, the petiole is about 10 cm long, the leaves are triangular oval or palmate heart-shaped, the leaf shape changes greatly, the leaf edge is 3-5 lobed or nearly entire, and the palmate veins are obvious;
       3. The flowers are dioecious, the male inflorescences are spike-shaped, extending obliquely, the female inflorescences are spike-shaped, drooping, the flowers are small, and there are 6 tepals, not obvious, blooming in June-August; the capsule is withered yellow after maturity, triangular Shaped, arranged in strings, the fruit matures from August to October.

       The utilization value of "Crossing Mountain Dragon":
        First, its root tuber contains diosgenin, which is an important raw material for the synthesis of steroid hormone drugs. After 1957, my country started a census of diosgenin plant resources, and found that Dioscorea chinensis (Chuanshanlong), Dioscorea scutellaria, and Dioscorea scutellaris florets are rich in diosgenin, so the rhizome of "Chuanshanlong" has become a synthetic steroid An important raw material for hormone drugs.
        Second, "Chuanshanlong" (Chuanshanlong) was recorded as a traditional Chinese medicine later, and the Chuanshanlong recorded in "Plant Names and Facts" (Qing Dynasty 1848) was not a plant of Dioscoreaceae; the original plant of Chuanshanlong was first recorded in "China "Materia Medica", "Northeast Drugs", "Zhejiang Folk Commonly Used Herbal Medicine", "Hebei Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook", "Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine" and other books have recorded its efficacy. Pain relief, cough and asthma function. Please follow the doctor's advice when taking medicine.
       Third, "Chuanshanlong" is widely distributed, with slender and winding vines, dense leaves, beautiful shape, and large green area, which can be used as vertical greening plants such as trellises.

​Barcode: 79351486051
Ingredients: Pangolin
Specifications: 16oz (454g)
Efficacy: relaxing tendons and activating blood circulation, relieving cough and reducing phlegm, expelling wind and relieving pain. For lumbago and leg pain, rheumatic pain, rheumatic joint pain, numbness of muscles and bones, Kashin-Beck disease, bruises, waist flashing, cough and wheezing, tracheitis, bronchitis.