Radix stemonae; Sessile stemona;

       The tuber of stemonae                                                                                        

 1.Moistening lung andantitussive 2.Treat cough due to exopathogens or cough which occursafter common cold 3. Pertussis

4.Treat head louse, body louse,pubic louse and clothes louse

 1.applied to general cough,  chronic cough, pulmonary consumption with cough. using withtatarian aster root, coltsfoot,   radix scutellariae andcommon bletilla pseudobulb.

 2. applied to enterobiasis,and head louse, body louse and so on.

Pharmacologic action

 1.Antitussive andeliminating phlegm

 2.Resisting pathogenicmicrobes

 3.Pesticide

 4.Effect to bronchialsmooth muscle