Chinese name: goat milk

Latin name: Codonopsis lanceolata (Sieb. et Zucc.) Trautv.

Aliases: milk tree, four-leaf ginseng

Kind: Plant Kingdom

Family: Platycodonaceae

Genus: Codonopsis

1. Morphology of goat milk

The whole plant of Platycodonaceae goat milk is relatively smooth, and some parts may have sparse fluff. The roots of the stem veins are slightly cylindrical or conical, with many tumor-like stem scars on the surface. The roots are relatively hypertrophic and spindle-shaped, with many small lateral roots, about ten to twenty centimeters in length and one centimeter to six centimeters in diameter. , the surface is gray-yellow. The stem veins are intertwined, about one meter in length, three to four millimeters in diameter, and three to seven millimeters in diameter. The petiole is relatively short, with a length of 1 to 5 mm, the shape of the blade is ribbed ovate or narrowly oval and oval, 3 cm to 10 cm in length, 1.3 cm to 4.5 cm in width, and the tip is relatively pointed. The roots are long and narrow. The leaves are entire, the upper part is green, the lower part is gray-green, and the veins are more obvious. Pedicel 1 to 9 cm long, lobes ovate-triangular, 1.3 to 3 cm long, entire. The corolla is broad and campanulate, two to four centimeters long, and two to 3.5 centimeters in diameter.

2. Efficacy of goat milk root

Goat milk root can nourish qi and nourish yin, moisten the lungs and relieve cough, expel pus and detoxify, and promote lactation. It mainly treats the symptoms of physical weakness, cough, lung carbuncle, sore and swollen poison, mammary carbuncle, scrofula, and postpartum milk deficiency. Folks are often used for those who are weak after illness and have both Qi and Yin deficiency. For cough and less phlegm caused by deficiency of lung yin and dry heat injuring the lung, it can be used alone or in combination with Baibu, Nansha ginseng, etc., to clear the lungs, nourish yin, and relieve cough. Goat milk can clear heat and detoxify, and is good at expelling pus. It can be used together with dandelion and other heat-clearing and detoxifying medicines to treat sores, swollen toxins, and mammary carbuncles. When treating scrofula, take this product smashed juice and wine together, and apply the residue to the affected area. The four holy powders in Wang An's Prescription for Herbal Medicine, that is, this product is used together with Ziheche and red and white gypsum to treat intestinal carbuncle, stool poisoning, dirty poisoning, and milk carbuncle. And postpartum milk is less, this product can be decocted with Tongcao and pig's trotters to clear milk, which has the effect of lowering blood pressure. Using this product as the main medicine, supplemented with salvia, magnetite, wild chrysanthemum, etc. can treat the qi and blood of hypertension. the weak. Decoction, 15～60g. [3] Physical weakness after treatment, insufficient milk, mastitis, lung abscess.

3. Cultivation of goat milk

Goat milk can be sown in spring or summer. Spring sowing should be soaked with warm scalding, which can lead to early emergence. Put the seeds in warm water, then stir until the water cools, and then soak them for 8 hours. Where the seeds are wrapped with a damp cloth, cover them with wet sacks, and rinse them with warm water every morning and evening. , about 5 days, and can be sown when the seeds germinate. Sow the seeds evenly in the ditch. Because the seeds are small, you can use fine sand and seeds to mix well before sowing. After sowing, cover with soil or fire ash. After sowing, water and moisturizing. The amount of seeds used per mu is 500 to 750 grams. During the emergence of seedlings, attention should be paid to loosening the soil and weeding. When the height of the seedlings is about 2 cm, thin the seedlings, and keep strong seedlings according to the spacing between the plants. The places where the seedlings are sparse or broken should be brought with supplementary seedlings on cloudy days. After that, apply dilute human and animal manure water, cover it after applying, top it up again and cultivate the soil to prevent lodging. Cover after application. In addition, it is necessary to loosen the soil and weed frequently, and water it in time in the morning. Generally harvested in late autumn after sowing or before budding in early spring.

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