Grass rhododendron

Portulaca oleracea is also called Scutellaria barbata, dragon beard, peony, grass rhododendron, golden rhododendron and so on, and it is often called "immortal" because people pick its fresh, succulent stems and leaves and expose them in the sun. Although they have lost water and wilted, they will not die, and the cuttings can still survive.

The flower grows at the top of the branch, the path can be up to 5 cm, there are single, double and semi-double. There are rich flowers and colors, such as white, white red spots, light yellow, dark yellow, bright red, crimson and purple, and so on, and those with several color patterns are all light brownish red except the first two kinds of stems are green. If you put several different colors of plants together, then, in spite of the scorching sun at noon, the big-flowered purslane in full bloom, like a large group of naughty smiling faces, will amuse you.

Portulaca oleracea belongs to Portulaca of Portulaca family. Annual herbs, warm, dry, light-resistant, shady-intolerant, heat-resistant, adaptable and easy to plant. You should not water too much during the growth period. Thin and fat can be recovered during flowering. If at the same time combined with heart, promote branching, the flowers will be more dense. After sowing or cutting for the summer and autumn flowering period, the peel-like shade fruit matures, the lid is cracked, and small silver-gray, crescent-shaped seeds are scattered. Be careful to harvest it in time, keep it, and plant it again in the spring of next year.

The whole herb of Portulaca oleracea contains purslane aldehyde (C20H32O4), which is a substance that regulates plant growth. Stems and flowers contain beet anthocyanins, mainly betaside, and aglycone is betaine. Bitter, cold. Clearing heat and detoxification, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Treat sore throat, scald, fall injury, wet sore. External use: mash juice, gargle or mash. If you mash Portulaca oleracea and gargle with borax powder, you can treat sore throat; mash the juice and smear the affected area to treat infantile eczema; smash and apply it to treat damp-heat rotten skin sores.