The difference between Xiacao and the stars in the sky

Xia Cao is full of stars, and the two are the same plant. Mantianxing has a wide range of uses, including ornamental and medicinal uses. Because its flower shape is small, light color, fluffy with three-dimensional sense, elegant and elegant temperament, giving people a hazy feeling, the inflorescence group effect is excellent, it is one of the most popular cut flowers.

I. the morphological characteristics of the stars.

Perennial perennial flowers with a height of more than 90 cm. Fleshy root, appearance like thick "ginseng", beige, slightly with fibrous root. Leaves lanceolate to strip-lanceolate, sessile, opposite at nodes, nodes dilated, purplish red, internodes green covered with waxy powder, small flowers, white, light pink. Calyx short campanulate, gathering in sparse paniculate Cymes, the florets in each inflorescence are first apical open and gradually decurrent. In the natural state, the flowering period is from May to June.

Second, the main value

Mantianxing can be used as medicine, and its root is slightly cold, sweet and non-toxic, returning to the liver and stomach meridians, with the effects of clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, reducing swelling and pain, removing decay and producing muscle. it is mainly used in the treatment of muscle heat deficiency fatigue, bone steaming, yin deficiency malaria, infantile fever and falling injury, fracture and other diseases. It is reported that the star contains a variety of bioactive substances, including volatile oil, flavonoids, glycosides, carotene, vitamin C, vitamin B, mineral elements and so on. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that total saponins have certain inhibitory activity on human tumor cell lines in vitro, and have anti-diabetes, anti-obesity, anti-fatty liver effects.

Mantianxing polysaccharides had strong scavenging ability on DPPH free radicals, and different concentrations of Mantianxing polysaccharides had certain effects on scavenging DPPH free radicals, and with the increase of polysaccharide concentration, the scavenging ability of DPPH free radicals was significantly enhanced, and there was an obvious dose-effect relationship. When the concentration of polysaccharide was more than 0.30mg/mL, the scavenging efficiency of DPPH free radical was more than 81%, which indicated that the polysaccharide had strong antioxidant activity in vitro. The results of scavenging DPPH free radicals by water-soluble polysaccharides showed that water-soluble polysaccharides could be used as natural antioxidants and functional substances, and had high research value and application prospect.

Star flowers all over the sky are very beautiful flowers, with their purity, care, yearning, supporting roles, true love and pure heart, which is one of the most popular cut flowers at present.