Table 6 Plants used for both medicine and Jiuqian liquor starters
From: Diversity and traditional knowledge of medicinal plants used by Shui people in Southwest China
Scientific name | Chinese name (pin yin) | Shui name | Part used as starter | Part used as medicine | Medicinal use and value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. | Long ya cao | Ma ban bie | Whole plant | Whole plant; root | Dysentery; bleeding |
Ainsliaea fragrans Champ. | Xing xiang tu er feng | Pa zheng | Whole plant | Whole plant | Bruises; heat-clearing and detoxifying |
Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume | Zi jin niu | Za du | Aerial part | Stem; root | Hemostasis; bruises |
Asplenium trichomanes L. | Tie jiao jue | Gang du gun | Whole plant | Whole plant | Drainage of pus and dissolving carbuncle |
Bletilla striata (Thunb. ex Murray) Rchb. F. | Bai ji | Gang jie ba | Root | Tuber | Strengthen the spleen |
Brandisia hancei Hook. F. | Lai jiang teng | Ma miao | Whole plant | Whole plant | Dysentery; dispelling wind and eliminating dampness |
Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. | Shan | Mei ao | Leaf | Bark; root; leaf | Dispelling wind and eliminating dampness |
Duhaldea cappa (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) Pruski & Anderberg | Yang er ju | Ma pang da | Aboveground part | Whole plant; root | Regulating the menstrual function to stop pain; eliminating cold stop pain |
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb. | Hu tuo zi | Mei du | Fruit, leaf | Fruit; root; leaf | Antitussive; eliminating phlegm and stopping cough |
Gardenia jasminoides Ellis | Zhi zi | Mei le | Leaf, fruit | Fruit | Blood cooling and arresting; heat-clearing and detoxifying |
Gerbera piloselloides (L.) Cass. | Tu er yi zhi jian | Ba hao | Whole plant | Whole plant | Eliminating phlegm and stopping cough; moistening lung for arresting cough |
Glochidion puberum (L.) Hutch. | Suan pan zi | Mei nv ban | Stem, leaf, fruit | Fruit | Antidiarrheic |
Gonostegia hirta (Bl.) Miq. | Nuo mi tuan | Ma ao xing | Whole plant | Whole plant | Heat-clearing and detoxifying; clearing heat; dehumidification |
Hedera nepalensis K. Koch | Chang chun teng | Ma lian man | Whole plant | Stem; leaf | Removing pathogenic heat from the blood and toxic material from the body; dispelling wind and eliminating dampness |
Hypericum japonicum Thunb. ex Murray | Di er cao | Ma ka di | Aboveground part | Whole plant | Hepatitis |
Hypericum sampsonii Hance | Yuan bao cao | Ma suan long | Whole plant | Whole plant | Bruises |
Imperata cylindrical (L.) Beauv | Bai mao | Gang yao man | Rhizome | Root; leaf; flower | Removing pathogenic heat from the blood and toxic material from the body |
Leonurus japonicus Houttuyn | Yi mu cao | Ma ka bo | Stem, leaf | Whole plant; seed | Regulating the menstrual function to stop pain |
Lilium brownii F. E. Brown ex Miellez | Ye bai he | Qiu ba | Bulb | Tuber | Moistening lung for arresting cough |
Lophatherum gracile Brongn. | Dan zhu ye | Tu wa fen | Whole plant | Whole plant | Removing pathogenic heat from the blood and toxic material from the body |
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. | Hai jin sha | Mao nu ga | Whole plant | Root; stem | Inducing diuresis for removing edema |
Melastoma dodecandrum Lour. | Di ren | Ma geng | Whole plant | Whole plant | Expelling wind-damp |
Morella rubra Lour. | Yang mei | Ma kang | Leaf, fruit | Root | Hemostasis |
Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) C. Presl | Shen jue | ni ge ding | Whole plant | Tuber; leaf | Eliminating phlegm and stopping cough |
Paederia foetida L. | Ji shi teng | Yao de ma | Whole plant | Whole plant | Invigorates the spleen and promotes digestion |
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC. | Jie geng | Xiang dian | Root | Root | Eliminating phlegm and stopping cough |
Polygala japonica Houtt | Gua zi jin | Dong yao dong | Aboveground part | Whole plant; root | Eliminating phlegm and stopping cough |
Portulaca oleracea L. | Ma chi xian | Ma wa fa | Aboveground part | Whole plant | Dysentery |
Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willdenow) Maesen & S. M. Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep | Ge | Yao hai | Leaf | Tuber | Eczema; dispelling wind and eliminating dampness |
Rohdea japonica (Thunb.) Roth | Wan nian qing | Gang ao mie | Leaf | Whole plant; root | Harmonizing stomach; appetizer digestion |
Rosa laevigata Michx | Jin ying zi | Dou pang ya | Leaf, fruit | Fruit; root | Tonifying kidney |
Rosa roxburghii Tratt. | Sao si hua | Pang ka | Leaf | Fruit; root | Harmonizing stomach |
Sargentodoxa cuneata (Oliv.) Rehd. et Wils. | Da xue teng | Yao e nong | Rhizome | Root; stem | Strong bones and muscles |
Toona sinensis (A. Juss.) Roem | Xiang chun | Mei han ga | Leaf | Bark | Dispelling wind and eliminating dampness |
Verbena officinalis L. | Ma bian cao | Ma ou | Aboveground part | Stem | Active blood and disperse stagnation |
Zanthoxylum bungeanum Maxim. | Hua jiao | Mei xiu | Leaf | Fruit | Killing parasites to relieve itching |