What are the other names of the Chinese medicinal herb Chonglou? This article will give you an understanding

Chonglou is the dried rhizome of Paris yunnanensis or Paris polyphylla, plants of the genus Paris in the family Liliaceae. 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 sores and swelling, sore throat, snake and insect bites, traumatic injuries, and convulsions. Let us take a look below at what the other names of Chonglou are!

What are the other names of Chonglou

The other names of Chonglou include Qiyeyizhihua, Zaoxiu, Chixiu, Chongtai Gen, Zhengxiu, Caoheche, Chongtai Cao, Baigansui, Jinxian Chonglou, Chonglou, Jiudao Gu, Yuanyang Chong, Zhihua Tou, Luosi Qi, Hailuo Qi, Dengtai Qi, Baiheche, Luotuo Sanqi, Tu Sanqi, Qiyelian, and others.

The producing areas and distribution of Chonglou

Paris yunnanensis is mainly produced in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other provinces. The producing 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.

The effects and functions of Chonglou

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

[Meridian entry] Liver meridian.

[Effects] Clearing heat and detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain, cooling the liver and calming fright. It mainly treats boils, sores and swelling, sore throat, snake and insect bites, traumatic injuries, and convulsions.

1. Sores and boils: It can be used alone as a powder and applied externally mixed with vinegar, or used together with Huanglian, Chishao, Jinyinhua, and others, as in Duoming Tang.

2. Convulsions: Chonglou is bitter and cold and enters the liver. It has the functions of cooling the liver and purging fire, calming wind and stopping fright. For example, in Weisheng Yijian Fang it is used alone as a powder taken with water, or combined with Gouteng, Juhua, Chantui, and others, and has good effects for feverish wind in children, hand and foot convulsions, and similar conditions.

3. Traumatic injuries: Chonglou enters the blood aspect of the liver meridian, can reduce swelling and relieve pain, and 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 with Sanqi, Xuejie, Ziran Tong, and others.

4. Sore throat: Often used together with Niubangzi, Lianqiao, Banlangen, and others.

5. Scrofula and phlegm nodes: Can be used together with Xiakucao, Muli, Daibeimu, and others.