Ciling

Ciling

(collection of compendium)

Yeling (compendium).

[source] it is the fruit of the rhomboid.

[plant morphology] Yeling

Annual aquatic herbs. Floating leaves usually oblique square or triangular rhombic, 2-5 cm long and 2-7 cm wide, smooth on the top, slightly villous on the main veins below, sharp teeth on the upper edge, broadly cuneate at the base, entire; petiole 5-10 cm long. Flowers white, axillary. There are sharp spines on the four or two corners of the fruit, which are green. The upper two spines extend upward and the lower two spines face downward. The fruit stalk is thin and short. The flowering period is from July to August. The fruit ripens in October.

Wild in ponds or ditches. It is distributed in the Yangtze River Basin.

The root of this plant (caltrop root) is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[nature and taste] "Gangmu Shiyi": "sweet taste, flat nature, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] in the compendium of Chinese medicine, it says: "raw food, tonifying spleen and stomach, relieving thirst, promoting body fluid, calming liver qi, activating kidney water, benefiting blood and eliminating food. The old cook, spleen, diarrhea. "

Chinese PinYin : Ci Ling