Pig's hair English cabbage, also known as dragon's whiskers, is a kind of wild vegetable, is a perennial vine climbing plant, its natural wild vine can be as long as 30 to 50 meters, is asexual reproduction.

Efficacy

1, has the effect of clearing away heat and removing toxins, diuresis and digestion, can cure colds, constipation and other diseases.

2. It has the functions of warming the stomach, broadening the chest, diuretic, and benefiting the kidneys.

3, regular consumption of heart disease, hypertension, tachycardia, fatigue, edema, cystitis, urinary difficulties and other conditions have a certain degree of efficacy.

4, longbeard also contains seaweed polysaccharide, can regulate the immune system cell proliferation response, often eat can play to improve immunity, the effect of physical fitness.

5, contains collagen can increase the skin's elasticity and firmness, lock moisture, reduce the generation of wrinkles, have detoxification effect.

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Morphological Characteristics

Upright herb, up to 1 meter high. Roots slender, about 2-3 mm thick. Stem distally and branches longitudinally _, branches sometimes very narrowly winged. Leafy branches usually in clusters of every 3-4, narrowly striped, falcate, base subacute-trigonous, distally flattened, 1-4 cm long, 0.7-1 mm wide; scalelike leaves sublanceolate, base unarmed.

Flowers axillary every 2-4, yellow-green; pedicels very short, ca. 0:5-1 mm; male flowers: perianth 2-2.5 mm long; filaments of stamens not adnate to perianth segments; female and male flowers subequal in size. Berries ca. 6 mm in diam., red when ripe, usually with 1-2 seeds. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Aug-Sep.

Effects and Functions of Lobelia

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