…It is cultivated for its ornamental value, and its pseudobulbs, called byakukyuu, contain a large amount of mucus, and are used in traditional Chinese medicine and folk medicine to stop bleeding, relieve pain, and treat chronic gastritis. The Blettilla genus, which is endemic to East Asia and has about nine known species, is distinguished from the closely related Bletia genus, which is distributed in tropical America, by the presence of powdery pollen masses. [Inoue Ken] … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Bletia" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…観賞のため栽培されるが,また偽球茎は白及(びやくきゆう)と呼ばれ,多量の粘液を含んでいるので,漢方薬,民間薬として,止血,痛止め,慢性胃炎に用いられる。 東アジア特産で9種ほど知られているシラン属Blettillaは粉質の花粉塊をもつことで,熱帯アメリカに分布する近縁のBletia属と区別される。【井上 健】。… ※「Bletia」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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