What are the benefits and uses of Bletilla striata? How do you grow it for high yields?
Bletilla striata, also known as purple orchid and lianji cao, is one of the more common medicinal herbs in our country. It has a wide range of landscaping uses and medicinal value, and has a certain therapeutic effect on bruises, bleeding, and cuts, so many people like to use it to steep in water and drink or cook in porridge. So what are the benefits and uses of Bletilla striata? How do you grow it for high yields?
Benefits and uses
1. Lung and stomach bleeding
Take Bletilla striata powder daily, swallowed with rice water.
2. Scalds and burns
Apply Bletilla striata powder mixed with oil.
3. Vomiting blood from severe injury
Take Bletilla striata powder daily, swallowed with rice water.
4. Fractures from falls
Use 2 qian of Bletilla striata powder, taken mixed with wine.
5. Cuts
Use Bletilla striata and calcined gypsum, ground in equal parts into powder, and sprinkle on the wound.
6. Chapped hands and feet in winter
Mix Bletilla striata powder with water until even, and fill the cracks. The affected area must not get wet.
7. Boils and swollen sores
Use half a qian of Bletilla striata powder, place in clear water, and after the water clears, remove the water and spread the medicine on thick paper to apply to the affected area.
8. Unstoppable nosebleeds
Mix Bletilla striata powder with saliva and apply to the low part of the bridge of the nose (called the “shan gen”); also take 1 qian of Bletilla striata powder and take it with water.
9. Heart-qi pain
Use 2 qian each of Bletilla striata and pomegranate peel, grind finely, add refined honey and form into pills the size of soybeans. Take 3 pills each time, swallowed with mugwort vinegar decoction.
10. Uterine prolapse in women
Use Bletilla striata and Sichuan aconite, ground in equal parts into powder, wrap 1 qian in thin cloth and insert into the vagina; stop when heat is felt in the abdomen. Use once daily.
11. Whooping cough
Bletilla striata and Fritillaria cirrhosa powder (Bletilla striata, coltsfoot flower, and Fritillaria cirrhosa in equal parts). For whooping cough patients under 1 year old, take 1 gram each time, 3 times daily, with a total effective rate of 98.2%.
12. Oral mucosal disease
Mix Bletilla striata powder and white sugar in a 2:3 ratio until even. Apply the powder to the affected area, press with a cotton ball for 15 minutes, temporarily refrain from eating and rinsing the mouth, apply 3 times daily, with an effective rate of 98%.
13. Leukorrhea
Use 30 grams of Bletilla striata, 10 grams of cockscomb flower, 20 grams of Poria peel, 15 grams of codonopsis, and 10 grams of oldenlandia, decocted in water. For treating leukorrhea in women, after 2 doses the leukorrhea was significantly reduced, and it was cured after 7 doses.
14. Cracked nipples
Use 30 grams each of Bletilla striata and alum, and 20 grams of honeysuckle, decoct in water 3 times and concentrate to 100 milliliters. Dip a cotton ball in the medicine and apply to the affected area, 10 times daily. For treating patients with cracked nipples, the total effective rate was 88.24%.
15. Skin tuberculosis
Some people used fine powder of langdu and Bletilla striata plus Vaseline to make a 30% ointment. After routine disinfection of the skin lesion area, the ointment was evenly spread on gauze to a thickness of about 0.2 cm and applied to the affected area, changing the dressing 2 times a day. In treating 25 cases, the results were 16 cured, 6 improved, and 3 ineffective.
16. Anal fissure
Put half Bletilla striata powder and half medical talc powder into a bottle, sterilize under high pressure, and then use. After the patient has a bowel movement, wash the anus clean, apply the Bletilla striata and talc powder to the anal fissure with medicated cotton or gauze, then gently massage the Changqiang acupoint several times with the hand until there is a feeling of warmth around the anus.
17. Epistaxis
Pass Bletilla striata powder through a 100-mesh sieve and set aside. While epistaxis patients receive systemic drug treatment, spread Bletilla striata powder on the surface of Vaseline gauze or gauze balls and pack the bleeding side of the nasal cavity. Use 4 to 5 grams of Bletilla striata powder each time, and keep the packing in place for 72 hours. The cure rate was over 90%, and a small number of patients needed a second packing to be cured.
18. Acne
Chinese medicines Bletilla striata and Angelica dahurica were used for facial skin massage and gypsum mask treatment of acne. Grind equal parts of Bletilla striata and Angelica dahurica into an extremely fine powder, mix with boiled water in a 1:6 ratio into a thin paste, and use this medicine as a massage cream for facial skin and acupoint massage instead. After the massage, apply a thin layer of the medicine, cover the eyebrows, eyes, and mouth with gauze, mix 300 to 400 grams of gypsum powder with warm boiled water into a paste, evenly cover the face, remove after 20 minutes, 2 times daily, with 5 times as 1 course of treatment, and the total effective rate was 98%.
Bletilla striata cultivation techniques