What are the alternative names of Chonglou? Latest names summarized

Chonglou is the dried rhizome of Paris yunnanensis or Paris polyphylla, plants of the genus Paris in the Liliaceae family. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and cooling the liver to calm fright. It is often used for boils and swollen painful sores, sore swollen throat, snake and insect bites, bruises and traumatic pain, convulsions and spasms, and so on. Below let us take a look together at what alternative names Chonglou has!

What are the alternative names of Chonglou

The alternative names of Chonglou include Qiyeyizhihua (Paris polyphylla), Zaoxiu, Chixiu, Chongtaigen, Zhengxiu, Caoheche, Chongtaicao, Baigansui, Jinxianchonglou, Chonglou, Jiudaogu, Yuanyangchong, Zhihuatou, Luosiqui, Hailuosi, Dengtaiqi, Baiheche, Luotuo Sanqi, Tu Sanqi, Qiyelian, and so on.

Production areas and distribution of Chonglou

Paris yunnanensis is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces. The production areas of Paris polyphylla are mainly distributed in Bhutan, Vietnam, Sikkim, Nepal, Taiwan, China, as well as Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Sichuan and other places in mainland China.

Efficacy and effects of Chonglou

[Nature and flavor] Bitter in taste, slightly cold in nature, mildly toxic.

[Meridian tropism] Liver meridian.

[Efficacy] Clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, cooling the liver and calming fright. It mainly treats boils, swollen sores, sore swollen throat, snake and insect bites, bruises and traumatic pain, convulsions and spasms, and so on.

1. Swollen sores and boil toxins: It can be used alone as a powder, mixed with vinegar for external application, or used together with Coptis chinensis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, honeysuckle, and so on, as in Duoming Tang.

2. Convulsions and spasms: Chonglou is bitter and cold and enters the liver. It has the effects of cooling the liver and purging fire, calming wind and calming fright. For example, in the Weisheng Yijian Fang it is used alone as a powder taken with water, or combined with Uncaria rhynchophylla, chrysanthemum, cicada slough, and so on. It has good effects for children with extreme heat generating wind, twitching of hands and feet, and so on.

3. Traumatic injuries: Chonglou enters the blood aspect of the liver meridian. It can reduce swelling and relieve pain, transform stasis and stop bleeding. It can be used alone as a powder taken with water to treat external bleeding, traumatic injuries, and blood stasis swelling and pain, and can also be used together with Panax notoginseng, dragon's blood, pyrite, and so on.

4. Sore swollen throat: It is often used together with Arctium lappa fruit, Forsythia suspensa, Isatis root, and so on.

5. Scrofula and phlegm nodules: It can be used together with Prunella vulgaris, oyster shell, Fritillaria thunbergii, and so on.