Bright colors-- inverted kettle

Inverted pot: Lithospermaceae, glazed grass perennial herbs, up to 60 cm high. Stems densely appressed pubescent. Basal leaves, oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, cauline leaves oblong or lanceolate, sessile, inflorescences acutely branched, dense, extending upward, paniculate, ebracteate; lobes ovate or oblong, Corolla usually blue, light white, lobes rounded, style linear-Terete, nutlets ovate, May-September anthesis.

Inverted kettle

Produced in Yunnan, western Guizhou, southwest to southeast of Xizang, western Sichuan and southern Gansu. Raw hillside grasslands, mountain thickets, arid roadsides and coniferous forest margins. It is also distributed in Bhutan. The inverted kettle is a famous medicinal plant, which is used in medicine with root and whole herb. it has the effects of clearing heat and dampness, dispelling blood stasis and relieving cough. Because of its dense flowers and colorful flowers, it also has high ornamental value.

Inverted kettle

Inflorescences acutely branched, densely branched, straight upward, paniculate, ebracteate; pedicel 2-3 mm long, slightly growing in fruit; calyx 2.5-3.5 mm long, densely pilose outside, lobes ovate or oblong, apex pointed Corolla usually blue, light white, 5-6 mm long, cornice 8-10 mm in diam., lobes orbicular, ca. 2.5 mm long, with conspicuous reticulate veins, throat with 5 trapezoid appendages, appendages ca. 1 mm; filaments ca. 0.5 mm, inserted in middle of Corolla tube, anthers oblong, ca. 1 mm; style linear-Terete, subequal or shorter than calyx. Nutlets ovate, 3-4 mm long, abaxially retuse, densely anchored spines, margin anchored spines connected at base, narrowly or broadly winglike edges, with triangular surfaces above the middle of the ventral surface.

Inverted kettle

Medical value:

1. For the treatment of cough and hematemesis, the taste of the inverted kettle is sweet, flat and non-toxic. So it is often used as medicine to treat some diseases, such as it can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, clear heat and relieve cough, some people with severe cough must choose a certain amount under guidance, which can relieve our cough very well. In addition, it is often used to treat nosebleed and hematemesis in some rural and pastoral areas, but the specific dosage should also be used according to the knowledge of professionals, and should not be used indiscriminately, which must be noted.

two。 To inhibit and lower blood pressure of the central nervous system, there is an ingredient in the extract and concentrated extract of the inverted kettle, which can not only control our central nervous system, but also reduce blood pressure. so people with high blood pressure can consult professionals to see how to use it. It is a relatively safe antihypertensive drug.

3. Medicinally used to drive rats, the inverted kettle above the medicine has another name, that is, rats see sorrow, so it is a very famous plant to drive rats. It is a biennial medicinal plant, which is mainly found in Europe and northern Asia. After we dry its plant, it can give off a smell that the mouse is particularly unbearable, and the mouse will run away immediately after smelling it, let alone let it near it. So some mice would rather dive to kill themselves than smell it when they meet it, so it is a good antidote to rats. It has a good effect on driving away rats.

4. In the treatment of wind-cold paralysis and dysmenorrhea, the inverted pot has been recorded in history, it can also treat some rheumatic diseases, but also the tingling of hands and feet also has a very good effect. In addition, it has a good effect on some women who are not pregnant after menstruation and marriage for a long time. However, how to use it can not be used blindly, it must be used in accordance with the guidance of professional personnel.