The difference between flat bamboo root and flat bamboo orchid

Flat bamboo root and flat bamboo orchid are two plants with only one character difference in their names, and both have certain medicinal value. What you need to know is that flat bamboo root and flat bamboo orchid are not the same plant, so their effects and main diseases treated are different. If you need to use one of them, you must not mistake them. Next, I will introduce to you the relevant knowledge about flat bamboo roots and flat bamboo orchids.

1. What is flat bamboo root

Flat bamboo root, perennial herb, 40-60cm high. The rhizome grows horizontally and is shaped like a bamboo whip. Leaves are basal, pleated into two rows; blades are sword-shaped, 25-60cm long, 1.5-3.2cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, and entire. It grows in shaded and moist grasslands on hillsides, under sparse woods or in grasslands at the edge of forests.

The inflorescence is higher than the leaves, and the flowers are mostly arranged in sparse racemes with 5-12 branches; there are 2-3 bracts, each containing 2-4 flowers; the flowers are lavender or bluish purple, about 5cm in diameter, the outer perianth lobes are 3, obovate or elliptical, 2.5-3cm long, 1.4-2cm wide, slightly concave at the apex, cuneate at the base, wavy at the edge, with fine teeth, and a raised yellow cockscomb-like appendage on the midrib, the inner perianth lobes are slightly concave at the apex, with fine teeth on the edge; there are 3 stamens, light blue filaments, and white anthers; the ovary is fusiform, with 3 styles, flat branches, and 2-lobed at the apex. The capsule is oval, 2.5-3cm long and 1.2-1.5cm in diameter. The seeds are dark brown and irregular polyhedrons. The flowering period is March-April, and the fruiting period is May-June.

2. Functions and indications of flat bamboo root

Digestion; kill insects; laxative; diuretic; blood circulation; analgesic; detoxification. Abdominal distension due to food accumulation; abdominal pain due to worm accumulation; abdominal pain due to heat accumulation; constipation due to heat accumulation; edema; leukorrhea; long-term abuse; toothache; sore throat; sore sore; scrofula; traumatic injury; uterine prolapse; snake and dog bites

3. What is Flat Bamboo Orchid

Iris confusa

Sealy): Perennial herb. The rhizome is horizontal, 4-7 mm in diameter, yellowish brown, with distinct nodes and long internodes; the fibrous roots are much branched, yellowish brown or light yellow.

Grown in moist places in sparse forests in the mountains. Distributed in Yunnan and other places. Iris is a plant of the genus Iris in the family Iridaceae and is endemic to China. It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan and other places in mainland China. It grows in areas with an altitude of 700 to 2,400 meters. It often grows under sparse forests, on the edge of forests, in valley wetlands or on hillside grasslands. It has not yet been artificially introduced for cultivation.

4. Functions and indications of Pinellia ternata

Clears away heat, detoxifies, stops bleeding and reduces swelling. Treat traumatic bleeding, bruises, gastric bleeding, red and blurred eyes, tonsillitis, and lymphadenitis.