The scientific name of winter sunflower, alias: winter cold vegetables, sunflower vegetables, winter cold (amaranth) vegetables (southwest, Henan), wrinkled mallow. Annual herb, unbranched, high 1 m; The stems are pilose. The leaves are round, 5-7-lobed or angular, 5-8 cm in diameter, the base is heart-shaped, the lobes are triangular and round, the edges are finely serrated, and at the same time they are extremely wrinkled and twisted, and both sides are smooth and hairless or sparsely strigose or sparsely stellate, especially in veins; Petiole thin, 4-7 cm long, sparsely pilose. Flowers are small, white, inconspicuous, about 6 mm in diameter, often solitary or clustered between leaf axils, nearly pedicellate or with very short pedicels; 3 bracteoles, lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, 1 mm wide, sparsely strigose; Calyx shallow cup-shaped, together with calyx cleft 8-10 mm long, calyx 5-lobed, triangular, sparsely stellate pilose; Petals 5, longer than sepals.

Nature and taste: sweet, cold and smooth, non-toxic.

Therapeutic effect: detoxification and heat clearing? Qingli damp heat? Tongli urinates.

Indications: cough, sore throat? Shortness of urine or astringent pain.

crown daisy

It is the stem and leaf of chrysanthemum morifolium in Compositae. Also known as Herba Artemisiae Argyi, Chrysanthemum, Artemisia, Artemisia, Artemisia (Goose) and Artemisia argyi, Chrysanthemum is an annual or biennial herb. The roots, stems, leaves and flowers of Artemisia selengensis can be used as medicine for dampness, and have the effects of clearing blood, nourishing heart, lowering blood pressure, moistening lung and clearing phlegm. Chrysanthemum morifolium has a special fragrance, and the seedlings or tender stems and leaves are edible for raw frying, cold salad and soup.