Golden lanterns (British) French ground cherry calyx or mustard alias hanging golden lanterns, lantern fruits and red lanterns. The source is persistent calyx of Physalis alkekengi or persistent calyx and fruit. Franchetii (mast. ) Mu Ye of Solanaceae. The plant is an annual herb, and the whole plant is densely pubescent, with a height of 25 ~ 60 cm. Stems are much branched. Leaves alternate, ovate to ovoid-shaped, 4 ~ 8 cm long. 2 ~ 6 cm wide, with uneven edges and different sizes. Flowers solitary in leaf axils; Calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; Corolla bell-shaped, pale yellow, 6 ~ 10 mm in diameter, 5-lobed, with purple markings at the base of lobes; Stamens 5, anthers yellow; Ovary 2-loculed. Berry is spherical and green, with a diameter of about 65438±0.2cm, surrounded by enlarged green persistent calyx; Persistent calyx ovoid or broadly ovoid. Distributed in most parts of the country. Fruits mature in autumn, persistent calyx red or orange red, and harvested when dry. The persistent calyx is slightly lantern-shaped, flat, 3 ~ 2.5 ~ 4 cm long and 2.5 ~ 4 cm wide. The surface is orange-red or orange-yellow, with five obvious longitudinal edges and reticular veinlets between the edges. The top is conical, the base is slightly flat, and there is a fruit stalk in the central depression. Light, flexible, hollow, or with brownish red or orange red fruit inside. The fruit is spherical, mostly squashed, with a diameter of 1 ~ 5 cm, and the pericarp is shriveled, containing many seeds. The persistent calyx tastes bitter, and the fruit tastes sweet and slightly sour. Chemical constituents Berry contains physcion A and physcion B; The seeds contain primrose alcohol, blunt leaf alcohol, luteolin, luteolin and so on. Cold in nature and bitter in taste. Functions: clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving sore throat and resolving phlegm, and inducing diuresis. Used for sore throat, hoarseness, phlegm-heat cough, and dysuria.
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