Details of Medicinal Plants

Pinellia Tuber

Pinellia Tuber
Pinellia Tuber is the tuber of Pinellia ternate Breitenbach (Araceae), from which the cork layer has been removed.
Pinellia Tuber contains homogentisic acid as an ingredient and is said to have antitussive and expectorant effects. Pinellia Tuber is a crude drug with strong acrid taste, and often used with ginger to relieve the acrid. If you drink the decoction of Pinellia Tuber alone, you will have a sore and irritated throat for a while.