Nepeta. .

However, Jin Gai is not found in the common name of Nepeta. It is said that it is called Jin Gai in the local dialect. .

Nepeta cataria L. (Latin scientific name Nepeta cataria L.)

Lamiaceae Nepeta

Common names:

Ba Mao, mint , anise, cool mint, nepeta, schizonepeta, mint, nepeta, camphor grass

Perennial herbs. The leaves are ovate or triangular and heart-shaped, with the base heart-shaped or truncate and coarsely toothed. The cymes are terminal, the calyx is tubular, the corolla is white, the lower lip is covered with purple spots, the apex of the upper lip is slightly absent, the middle lobe of the lower lip is nearly round, with incurved coarse teeth, and the lateral lobes are round. Nutlets are triangular and ovoid. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from September to October. It is native to northwest, northern and central China and the eastern part of southwest China. It is distributed from central and southern Europe through Afghanistan and eastward to Japan. It is found wild in America and southern Africa. It is often cultivated as aromatic oil and nectar plant, and the whole plant is used for medicinal purposes. ?

Perennial plants. The stem is strong, lignified at the base, multi-branched, 40-150 cm high, nearly quadrangular at the base, blunt quadrangular at the upper part, shallowly grooved, and covered with white pubescence. The leaves are ovate to triangular and heart-shaped, 2.5-7 cm long and 2.1-4.7 cm wide, with blunt to sharp apex, heart-shaped to truncate base, coarsely crenulated or toothed edges, herbaceous, yellow-green above, covered with Very short hirsute, slightly whitish below, covered with pubescence but densely on the veins, 3-4 pairs of lateral veins, ascending obliquely, slightly sunken above, raised below; petiole 0.7-3 cm long, thin. The inflorescence is cyme-shaped, axillary in the lower part, and the upper part is composed of continuous or discontinuous, loose or extremely dense terminal branched panicles. The cymes are dichotomous branches; the bracts are leaf-shaped, or the upper part is variable. Small and lanceolate, the bracts and bracteoles are diamond-shaped and minute. The calyx is tubular when in flower, about 6 mm long and 1.2 mm in diameter. It is covered with white pubescence on the outside, and only the calyx teeth are sparsely bristly on the inside. The teeth are conical, 1.5-2 mm long, the back teeth are longer, and the calyx increases after flowering. It is in the shape of an urn, with very clear longitudinal ribs. The corolla is white with purple spots on the lower lip. It is covered with white pubescence on the outside and short pubescence on the inside at the throat. It is about 7.5 mm long. The crown tube is very thin, about 0.3 mm in diameter. It suddenly expands into a wide throat from the calyx tube. Eaves two-lipped, upper lip short, about 2 mm long, 3 mm wide, apex shallowly concave, lower lip 3-lobed, middle lobe nearly round, about 3 mm long, 4 mm wide, base heart-shaped, margins Coarse teeth, lateral lobes round and lobed. The stamens are hidden inside, the filaments are flat and hairless. Style linear, apex 2-lobed. The flower disk is cup-shaped with obvious lobes. Ovary hairless. The small nuts are oval, several triangular, gray-brown, about 1.7 mm long and 1 mm in diameter. The flowering period is from July to September, and the fruiting period is from September to October.

1977 "Flora of China", Volume 65(2), Page 298

In addition, there is Huoxue Dan (Glechoma? longituba? (Nakai) Kupr) of the genus Huoxue Dan in the family Lamiaceae. Another name is Golden Gai

Lamiaceae perennial herbaceous plant, also known as money grass, money mint, ground money, lung wind grass, Shibaque, Touguxiao, Buddha's ear, Jingai, etc. Herbs are used as medicine. Its nature and flavor are pungent, slightly sweet, and cold in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, diuresis and treating stranguria, dissipating blood stasis and reducing swelling. Mainly used to treat jaundice hepatitis, mumps, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, malnutrition, kidney stones, bladder firmness, multiple abscesses, sores and swelling and pain, infant eczema, bruises, malaria, postpartum convulsions, abdominal pain, goosefoot Wind, toothache and other diseases. Lianqiancao is rich in vitamins and trace elements. The young stems and leaves can be picked and fried in spring and summer every year. Lianqiancao is distributed throughout the country except Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, and Tibet.

Both can be used as spices, the latter is known as wild nepeta.

Both are produced in Yunnan, I don’t know which one you are asking about.