Stone fairy peach, also known as the pseudobulb or whole plant of the orchidaceae plant stone fairy peach. It is harvested in autumn and can be used fresh or dried after blanching with boiling water. Stone fairy peach nourishes yin and moistens the lungs; clears heat and detoxifies; promotes diuresis; and eliminates stasis. It is used for lung heat cough, coughing up blood, vomiting blood, dizziness, headache, nocturnal emission, sore throat, rheumatic pain, edema due to damp heat, dysentery, leucorrhea, malnutrition, scrofula, and bruises.
Original form: Stone fairy peach is a perennial herbaceous plant. The rhizome is thick and creeping. The pseudobulb is ovate, cylindrical, or narrowly conical, fleshy, 2-6cm long, and 1-2.5cm wide, with 2 leaves at the top. The leaves are elliptical or lanceolate, 5-18cm long, 2-5cm wide, gradually pointed at the tip, with a narrow stalk at the base, and obvious longitudinal veins. The peduncle of the flower emerges from the small pseudobulb covered by scale leaves, 10-15cm long; the inflorescence is erect or drooping, with 8-20 flowers; the flowers are white, greenish-white, or yellowish; the bracts are narrowly ovate, in 2 rows; the sepals are ovate, nearly equal in size, about 1cm long; the petals are linear; the lip is concave at the base, divided into 3 lobes. The capsule is inverted ovate and the seeds are powdery. It blooms in spring and summer.
Habitat and distribution: It is epiphytic on trees, under trees, or on rocks at an altitude of 1000-1200m.
Properties and flavors: Sweet; slightly bitter; cool in nature.
① "Guangdong Chinese Medicine II": "Sweet and bland, neutral."
② "Fujian Medicinal Herbs": "Slightly bitter and sour, cool."
Meridian tropism: Lung; kidney meridians.
Usage and dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 15-30g, double the dosage for fresh products. External use: appropriate amount, apply fresh product after pounding.
