Medicinal Flowers: No. 7

I. Source

Is a plant of Araliaceae (Panasxpseudo-ginsengWall.). Alias Tian Qi, gold will not be changed. It is used in medicine with root and rhizome. It is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine with a history of more than 400 years. Panax notoginseng is included in the 1990 edition of Pharmacopoeia of the people's Republic of China. Originally contained in the Compendium of Materia Medica, the cloud said: "the taste is slightly sweet and bitter, quite like the taste of ginseng." The gold will not be exchanged. Where the staff is injured, blood stasis incisively, and then chewed, stop immediately, the swelling will dissipate, … Among the southern soldiers, it is used for medicine for golden sores, and Yun has wonderful achievements. The new edition of Materia Medica praised its peculiar efficacy even more, saying: "Panax notoginseng root, the divine medicine of hemostasis, no matter the upper, middle and lower blood, all those who have foreign Vietnam are blindly effective when used alone, and it is even more miraculous in the medicine for tonifying blood and tonifying qi. Cover this medicine without boiling trouble, tonic can get this and have a quiet rest. The Compendium of Materia Medica contains: "ginseng is the first to tonify qi, Panax notoginseng is the first to tonify blood, and the taste is the same and merit is also the same, so it is called Panax notoginseng, which is the most precious medicine."... Out of the Youjiang chieftain border,... The native city and the people of China ". It shows that Panax notoginseng is a very valuable medicine. "Jade Juglans mandshurica medicine solution" contains: "Heying stops bleeding, dredging pulse and blood stasis, blood stasis and collecting new blood." Where postpartum, menstruation, fall, carbuncle, all blood stasis are broken; where vomiting bleeding, metrorrhagia, knife wounds, arrows, all new blood are stopped. A textual research on the name of plants reads: "those who cover all kinds of plants are not wild plants."... Toast benefits, but also diligently cultivated. In 1758, "Kaihua Prefecture Chronicles" (formerly known as Wenshan) contains: "flowering Panax notoginseng, sold in the city, best-selling throughout the country." In the Qing Dynasty, Panax notoginseng not only changed from wild to artificial cultivation, but also became a best-selling commodity in domestic and foreign markets. Yunnan Baiyao is the main ingredient, and the flowers and leaves of the same plant can also be used as tea. It is also cultivated in Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hubei, Jiangxi and other provinces (autonomous regions). It was successfully introduced to the south of Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province.

II. Plant characteristics

Perennial herbs. Stem erect, 30-100cm tall, longitudinally striated or angularly prismatic. There are recumbent fleshy roots and roots in the ground. Palmately compound leaves 3-5 whorled at the top of the stem, 5-7 leaflets, ovoid or lanceolate, leaf margin serrate, densely tomentose along the veins, scattered inflorescences, solitary at the top of the total flower stalk, with numerous florets. Drupe berrylike, nearly reniform, green when tender, red when ripe, with 1-3 seeds.

III. Ecological characteristics

It is suitable for cultivation in areas that like warmth, avoid severe cold, have no severe cold in winter, have no extreme heat in summer and have small temperature difference in four seasons. After freezing, the roots and seeds were frost-damaged and mildewed. Like half yin and half yang, suitable topography, orientation and slope, where there is water, avoid the scorching sun. The annual average temperature in Yunnan is 20.1℃, the average maximum temperature is 34 ℃, the average minimum temperature is 4 ℃, the annual average temperature is between 15-17 ℃, and the annual precipitation is 920.9mm. The relative humidity of the air is required to be very high throughout the growing season, and 70% of the relative humidity is 90%. If it is less than 60% of the 50%, it will cause severe dry leaf disease (physiological disease), causing all leaves to dry up and fall off. Only one palm-shaped compound leaf can grow in the first year of Panax notoginseng, and three in two years.