Piercing heart lotus is not Tianqi.

Andrographis paniculata, also known as Spring Lotus and Autumn Willow, Ichimoku, Eleutherococcus, Bitter Guts Grass, Golden Fragrance Grass, Golden Ear Hook, Indian Grass, Bitter Grass, and so on. Annual herb, 4~8 centimeters long, 1~2.5 centimeters wide. Medicinal plant, has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, anti-inflammatory, swelling and pain.

Tianqi is a Chinese medicine name. It is mainly produced in Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan, so it is called Wenshan Panax notoginseng, also known as Wenzhou Panax notoginseng, which is the dried root and rhizome of Panax notoginseng?(Burk.)F.H.Chen, a plant of the family of Wugacaceae. It is harvested in the fall before the flowers bloom, washed, separated from the main root, branch root and rhizome, and dried. The branched roots are customarily called "sinews", and the rhizomes are customarily called "cuttings".

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The Andromeda prefers a hot and humid climate. It likes full sunlight and fertilizer. Seed germination and seedling growth period for the appropriate temperature of 25 ~ 30 ℃ temperature drop to 15 ~ 20 ℃ when the growth is slow; temperature drop to 8 ℃ or so, growth stagnation; meet 0 ℃ or so low temperature or frost, the plant all withered. Fertile, loose, well-drained acidic and neutral sandy loam is suitable for cultivation, pH8.0 alkaline soil can still grow normally.

China's Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan commonly cultivated Andrographis paniculata, Jiangsu, Shaanxi also introduced Andrographis paniculata; origin may be in South Asia. Andrographis paniculata is also cultivated in Australia.

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