Name: chicory

Scientific name: English name: Chjcory

Classification: Compositae

Type: plant height 50 ~ 100 cm, shallow root system, well-developed fibrous roots, light green leaves, wrinkled leaves and flat leaves, wrinkled leaves lanceolate, serrated, deeply or completely split; Flat-leaf type leaves are long and obovate, with few notches and shallow edges, and the leaves are folded inward into scattered flowers and slightly bitter.

Usage: Flowers and tender leaves can be added to salad or fried cooked food.

Roots can be made into coffee or decaffeinated coffee, which tastes softer than dandelion coffee.

Flowering period: Blue floret will bloom in early summer, which is a kind of one-day vanilla. It blooms in the morning and closes at night, but it can develop continuously.

Sunshine: An environment with sufficient sunshine is needed.

Management: Suitable for cultivation in alkaline soil with good drainage and rich nutrition.

Propagation: sowing method, the suitable sowing time is 9 ~ 10 month; The suitable growth temperature is 15 ~ 20℃, which has good cold resistance and disease resistance.

In late autumn, deciduous roots are stored in a deep container and placed in a cool place around 10℃; After a month, the leaves will be folded into a ball and can be eaten as vegetables. This is a softening cultivation method with shading treatment.

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Medicinal value

Chinese name: chicory

Drug name: chicory

Spelling: KUJU

Source: the whole grass of Bunge, a dicotyledonous medicine in Compositae.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials

Indications: treatment of jaundice, furuncle and carbuncle.

Tropism of nature and taste: ① "Thousand Daughters of Shi Zhi": "Bitter, flat and nontoxic." 2 "Nail Polish Herbal Medicine": "It tastes bitter and flat, and it is cloudy and cold." Enter the liver and lung meridians.

Usage and dosage: oral: cooked or mashed to juice. External use: pouring juice or grinding and dressing.

Nicknames: Wild Chicory (Shi Zhi), Wild Chicory (Jiayou Herb), Rabbit Cabbage (Guangzhou Flora).

Medicinal part: The root of this plant (chicory root) is also used as medicine. See the special article for details.

Distribution of animal and plant resources: distributed in the south and northeast of China.

Collection and storage of medicinal materials: spring and summer harvest.

Latin name: variegated lettuce (Fisch. )sch.bip。

Examination: from Jiayou Herbal Medicine; Jiayou Herbal Medicine: "Chicory, that is, wild chicory, also known as wild chicory. Today, people often eat white chicory, but there is no white chicory in Jiangwai, Lingnan and Wu, so they try to grow wild chicory as a dish. "

Related medicinal materials: Gesneriaceae, Gesneriaceae, Gesneriaceae.