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Northeast Asarum (manchurian wildginger)

Published: 2024-12-23 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/12/23, A species of the genus Asarum of Aristolochaceae (AsarumbeterotropoidesFr.Schmidtvar.mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kitagawa). Perennial herbs. It gets its name because of its fine flavor. Distributed in China, North Korea and the former Soviet Union. China mainly produces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. The plant height is 10-25cm. Rhizome horizontal, dense slender fibrous roots. The stem is short, with 2-3 scales at the base. Stem terminal 2-3

A species of the genus Asarum of Aristolochaceae (AsarumbeterotropoidesFr.Schmidtvar.mandshuricum (Maxim.) Kitagawa). Perennial herbs. It gets its name because of its fine flavor. Distributed in China, North Korea and the former Soviet Union. China mainly produces Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces.

The plant height is 10-25cm. Rhizome horizontal, dense slender fibrous roots. The stem is short, with 2-3 scales at the base. Stem tip with 2-3 leaf blades, entire, green, long stipitate. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, perianth tube pot-shaped, purple-brown, capsule fleshy, hemispherical.

Wild under the forest with deep humus layer, like moist and cool environment, it is better to cultivate in loose and fertile loam or sandy loam. Most of them are cultivated under the forest, and the cultivation in open field needs proper shade, and the canopy density is about 0.5.

Mainly by seed reproduction. Generally, sowing and raising seedlings are used, sowing in shallow trenches according to row spacing 15cm on the prepared border, covering soil with 2cm, covering grass and watering. When the leaves withered and overwintered buds formed in autumn, 3-5 plants were planted in each hole according to the row spacing of 15 × 10cm. It can also be used for border direct seeding when the seeds are sufficient, sowing 5-10 seeds in each hole according to the row spacing of 15 × 10cm, and can also be propagated separately, and the main diseases and insect pests are Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Sclerotiniasclerotiorum, black caterpillar Luehdorfiapuziloi, small land tiger and so on.

The whole herb contains volatile oil, methyl eugenol (Methyleugenol) and safrole (Safrole). It tastes pungent, warm and poisonous. It has the effect of dispelling wind, dispelling cold, promoting water and enlightening the body.

 
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