Alpinia oxyphylla Miq seed Semen amomi amari Sharpleaf Galangal Fruit medicinal material Yi zhi ren

Product Description

Basic info:

Semen amomi amari,Sharpleaf Galangal Fruit,Alpinia oxyphylla Miq.seed,

Chinese name: yi zhi ren

Herb property:pungent,warm,and act on spleen and kidney channels.

Warm kidney/insufficiency of spleen-YANG,deficiencycold of the spleen/vomitting

The fruits could be used as spice also herbal medicine in China

• Herbs used in China for thousands years
• Collected recently
• Best prices for new customers
• Dried well
• Soon delivery
• Trial order available,small quantity is ok

Typical prescription:

Name of the prescription:yì zhì rén tāng

Herbs used and quantity:Semen amomi amari 9g;dried ginger(processed) 9g;Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch root(honey processed) 9g;common monkshood(processed,skin removed) 15g,raw ginger 15g;dried green orange peel 6g

Treat for:kidney channel has cold,it has the function to warm kidney

Plant description:

Alpinia oxyphylla Miquel
yi zhi
Languas oxyphylla (Miquel) Merrill.

Pseudostems 1--3 m. Ligule brownish, 2-cleft, 1--2 cm, rarely longer, membranous, sparsely puberulent; petiole short; leaf blade lanceolate, 25--35 × 3--6 cm, base subrounded, margin hispid, glabrescent, apex attenuate, caudate. Racemes enclosed in bud by a hat-shaped involucral bract deciduous at anthesis; rachis very shortly puberulent. Pedicel 1--2 mm. Calyx tubular, ca. 1.2 cm, split to middle on 1 side, abaxially pubescent, apex 3-toothed. Corolla tube 8--10 mm; lobes oblong, ca. 1.8 cm, central one white, wider than lateral ones, abaxially sparsely puberulent. Lateral staminodes subulate, ca. 2 mm. Labellum white with red stripes, obovate, ca. 2 cm, apical margin crisped. Filament ca. 1.2 cm; anther ca. 7 mm. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule globose when fresh, fusiform when dry, 1.5--2 × ca. 1 cm, with elevated, vascular stripes, pubescent, apex with persistent calyx. Seeds irregularly oblate; aril brownish. Fl. Mar--May, fr. Apr--Sep. 2 n = 48*.

* Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan.
Both wild and cultivated plants are used for medicine.