Hudong Sand Ginseng [Guangdong Lufeng Specialty]

What is Hudong sand ginseng? Authentic Guangdong Lufeng specialty: Hudong sand ginseng

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Basic Introduction of Hudong Sand Ginseng

"Hudong Sand Ginseng" - Located on the southeast coast of Lufeng, Hudong is mostly sandy soil with a moderate climate. Local farmers plant on "sandy soil ridges", where the soil ridges are high and the sand ginseng is long. Hudong sand ginseng is famous as a good medicinal herb of Nansha ginseng. Very suitable for the growth of sand ginseng. It has the effects of nourishing yin, clearing lungs, resolving phlegm, and nourishing qi. It is used for lung dry cough, yin deficiency induced cough, dry cough with sticky phlegm, insufficient qi and yin, dry mouth, and antifungal and cardiotonic effects. It can be processed into products such as tobacco, wine, tea, crystals, and paste containing ginseng ingredients

1. For those with lung dryness and yin deficiency, dry cough with less phlegm, dry throat and nose, it can be combined with Ophiopogon japonicus, Polygonatum sibiricum, almonds, etc. to moisten the lungs and relieve cough

2. Commonly used for symptoms such as thirst, dry tongue, and loss of appetite caused by insufficient stomach yang in the late stage of fever. Clinically, it is often combined with plants such as Dendrobium officinale, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. to clear heat, nourish the stomach, and produce saliva

3. If the stomach yin is insufficient, the epigastric region is painful, and the noise is like hunger, it can be used in the same way as Ophiopogon japonicus, Paeonia lactiflora, and licorice to nourish yin, produce fluids, and relieve pain<4. For patients with stomach yin deficiency accompanied by liver and kidney yin deficiency, liver qi is not relaxed, symptoms include pain and bloating in the lower abdomen, swallowing acid and vomiting bitterness, dry throat and mouth, red tongue and less saliva, they can be treated in combination with Ophiopogon japonicus, Shengdi, Goji berries, etc

Perennial herb, stem height 40-80cm. Not branched, often covered with short stiff hairs or long soft hairs. Basal leaves heart-shaped, large and with long stalks; Stems and leaves have no stems, or only the lower leaves have extremely short and winged stems; The leaves are elliptical or narrowly ovate in shape, with a wedge-shaped base, measuring 3-11cm in length and 1.5-5cm in width. The apex is acute or short gradually acute, with irregular serrations on the edges, and sparse short or long hairs on both sides, or nearly hairless. The inflorescence often forms a false raceme without branching, or a narrow cone-shaped inflorescence with short branches, and rarely forms a cone-shaped inflorescence with long branches; The flower stem is less than 5mm in length; The sepals are often covered in short or granular hairs, with a few being hairless. The tube is often inverted ovate, with a few being inverted cone-shaped. The lobes are 5, narrow, mostly diamond shaped, and a few being strip-shaped lanceolate; Corolla broadly bell shaped, blue or purple, with no hair or hard hairs on the outside, 5 lobes, triangular ovate; Disk short tube shaped, hairless; Stamen 5, the lower part of the filament expands into a sheet-like shape, and the anthers are slender; The style is often slightly longer than the corolla, the stigma is three lobed, the ovary is lower, and there are three chambers. The capsule is elliptical spherical, rarely elliptical, and measures 6-10mm in length. The seeds are mostly brownish yellow, slightly flattened, with one edge, and about 1.5mmcm long. The flowering and fruiting period is from August to October