Sparrow Forsythia

Sparrow Forsythia

(bielu)

Another name is "going to the mother and being reborn.".

[source] it is the fruit or whole grass of Polygonum sagittatum.

[plant morphology] Polygonum sagittatum

Annual herb, slender stem, up to 1 m long, spreading or semi erect, tetragonal, glabrous, with inverted barbs along the edge. Leaf blade long ovate lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, 1.5-2.5 cm wide, base deeply concave, with ovate triangular auricles, glabrous, only with barbs along the inferior midvein, slightly thin; petiole 2 cm long, with 3-4 or 1-2 rows of barbs on the petiole; sheath 5-10 mm long, membranous, glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, usually in pairs, flowers dense, but few in number, pedicel smooth glabrous; bracts long ovate, acute; perianth 5-lobed, white or pink, stamens 8; style 3, divided. Achene triangular, black, ca. 3 mm long, enclosed by persistent perianth. The flowering period is from May to June.

Born at the foot of the mountain, roadside, waterside. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Jilin, Hebei, Henan, Shaanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Taiwan and other places.

(1) bielu: the fruit tastes salty. "

② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "the whole herb has sour and pungent taste, cool nature and small poison. "

[functions and indications] 1. Bielu: "fruit" is used to replenish qi and improve eyesight. "

② Shaanxi Chinese herbal medicine: "the whole herb can clear away heat, detoxify, detumescence, relieve pain and itch. It is used to treat enteritis, dysentery, snake and dog bites, sores and boils, rashes, herpes zoster, eczema, dermatitis, pruritus and hemorrhoids. "

Chinese PinYin : Que Qiao