Saffron (saffron (/? s？ Fred? N/), scientific name: Crocus sativus or Crocus sativus, a perennial flower of Iridaceae, is also a common spice. Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world by weight. Crocus sativus is a native species in southwest Asia, but it was first cultivated artificially by the Greeks. Crocus sativus is mainly distributed in Europe, Mediterranean and Central Asia. It was introduced to China in Ming Dynasty, listed as medicine in Compendium of Materia Medica, and cultivated in China and Zhejiang.
It is a valuable Chinese herbal medicine with strong physiological activity. Its stigma is used as medicine in Asia and Europe, which has the functions of calming, eliminating phlegm and relieving spasm, and is used to treat gastropathy, menstruation regulation, measles, fever, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly and so on.
Saussurea involucrata, also known as Saussurea involucrata and Saussurea involucrata, is called "Tagelis" in local Uyghur language. Breeding by seeds has strong vitality, but its growth rate is slow. It takes 3 to 5 years from seed germination to flowering and fruiting. It is a rare Chinese herbal medicine unique to Xinjiang. It grows on the precipice and steep wall of Tianshan Mountain at an altitude of about 4,000m in Xinjiang, China, and in the crevices of ice-stained rocks.
Its unique living habits and unique growth environment make it natural and rare, and also create its unique pharmacological effects and magical medicinal value. People regard Saussurea involucrata as the "king of herbs" and "good medicine".
Functional indication
Clearing away heat and toxic materials, expelling wind and removing dampness, relieving swelling and pain, strengthening yang and nourishing blood, caring skin and warming uterus. Can be used for treating head trauma, gynecological diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, apoplexy, kidney deficiency, lumbago, mountain sickness, external application and swelling reduction.
Lycium barbarum (pinyin: gǒu-qǐ) is a plant of Lycium genus in Solanaceae. Its fruit is called Lycium barbarum, and its young leaves are called Gouqi Tou. The common variety is Lycium barbarum, and the main medicinal variety is Lycium barbarum ... Lycium barbarum has the functions of lowering blood sugar, resisting fatty liver and atherosclerosis.
Fruits of Lycium barbarum and Lycium barbarum in Solanaceae. Chinese wolfberry, also known as Chinese wolfberry. Lycium barbarum is distributed in most parts of China. Ningxia Lycium barbarum is distributed in Gansu, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai and other places. Harvest in summer and autumn when the fruit is ripe. Wash or dry for later use.
Lycium barbarum is sweet and flat, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. Has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing essence and blood, improving eyesight, relieving nebula, moistening lung and relieving cough. Indications: kidney deficiency, impotence, nocturnal emission, chronic infertility, premature aging, premature aging, premature aging, blood deficiency and sallow, postpartum hypogalactia, blurred vision, internal heat to quench thirst, fatigue and bone steaming, fatigue and cough, dry cough with little phlegm, etc. It should be noted that because Lycium barbarum can nourish yin and moisten dryness, it is not suitable for people with spleen deficiency and rotten stools.