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Arisaema consanguineum
Tian Nan Xing
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Latin Name: Arisaema consanguineum
Common Name: Tian Nan Xing
Family: Araceae(Click to Search)
Author: Schott.
Known Hazards: The plant contains calcium oxylate crystals. These cause an extremely unpleasant sensation similar to needles being stuck into the mouth and tongue if they are eaten but they are easily neutralized by thoroughly drying or cooking the plant or by steeping it in water.
Habitat: Damp shady forests and shrubberies, 1800 - 3300 metres in the Himalayas[51, 147].
Mature Height: 1
Mature Width: 0.3
Habit: Perennial
Medicinal Uses: Tian Nan Xing has been used in Chinese herbal medicine for thousands of years and is valued especially for its beneficial affect upon the chest[254]. When prescribed internally it is always used dried and in conjunction with fresh ginger root[254].
The root is an acrid irritant herb that is anodyne, antibacterial, antifungal, antiphlogistic, antirheumatic, anticancer, antispasmodic, antitumor, expectorant, sedative and stomachic[147, 176, 218, 238]. The dried root is used internally in the treatment of coughs with profuse phlegm, tumors, cervical cancer, epilepsy, tetanus and complaints involving muscular spasms[176, 238]. The fresh root is applied externally as a poultice to ulcers and other skin complaints[254]. The root is harvested when the plant is dormant in the autumn or winter and is dried for later use[238].
The whole plant is anticoagulant, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic and anodyne[218].
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