When it comes to dragonflower, the first thing that comes to mind is dragonflower, the sister of Jingtian (played by Hu Ge), played by Liu Shishi in "Immortal Sword III". I believe that has already heard of the partners will know, Long Kwai and Jing Tian, in fact, are a kind of Chinese medicine. So what is the dragonflower Chinese medicine, one to understand.

What is longan is a traditional Chinese medicine

Longan, the whole grass of the Solanaceae plant longan, synonym and bitter vegetable ("Tang Materia Medica"), bitter anemone, old crow's eye grass, day eggplant ("Materia Medica"), day eggplant seedling ("Salvation Materia Medica"), every day, eggplant ("Diannan Materia Medica"), save the children of the grass, the rear of Hongzi ("Diannan Materia Medica"), water eggplant, day bubble grass, crow's sour pulp grass ("Compendium"), the day bubble fruit ("The"), the day bubble fruit ("The"). Plant Names and Facts (《植物名实图考》),七粒扣、乌疗草（《福建民间草药》),黑天棵（《江苏植药志》),黑天天棵、黑星星、野茄子（《东北药植志》),惹子草、野辣子（《中国土农药志》),黑姑娘（《河北药材》),野辣椒树（《江西民草药》),乌归菜（《閩南民草药》),野海椒（《四川中药志

Annual herb, about 60 cm tall.

Stem erect or lower supine, angular, sparsely covered with fine hairs along the angles.

Leaves alternate; ovate, base broadly cuneate or subtruncate, tapering to petiole, apex pointed or long-acuminate;

Leaves vary greatly in size, usually 4-7 cm long, 3-5 cm wide, larger ones up to 13 cm long, up to 7 cm wide;

Leaf margins corrugated and sparsely serrate, with ca. 3-4 teeth on each side, teeth ca. 5 mm wide, ca. 3-4 mm long; petiole 15 to 35 millimeters, the petiole of large leaves up to 5 centimeters long.

Umbellate cymes lateral, petioles pendulous, with 4-10 flowers per inflorescence, flowers white; calyx cylindrical, sparsely covered with fine hairs outside, lobes 5, ovate-triangular; corolla glabrous, lobes whorled and spreading, 5-part, oblong-ovate;

Stamens 5, inserted at the mouth of the corolla tube, filaments separate, inner surface finely pilose; pistil 1, ovary 2-loculed, globose, the lower part of the style densely villous, the stigma rounded. Stigma rounded.

Berry globose, glossy, red or black at maturity. Seeds oblate. Flowering period June-July.

Born on roadsides or in fields. It is distributed throughout the country.

The roots (lobelia root) and seeds (lobelia seeds) of the plant are also used medicinally.

What are the medicinal effects of lobelia

The whole plant of lobelia can be used medicinally, with more leaves, green color, stem and branches of the tender ones is better, in the summer and autumn collection of the whole plant (including the root) of the lobelia, remove impurities, drying into the medicine. When using the medicine, you can decoct the soup to take internally, you can also use the appropriate amount of pounding or decoction of water to wash and use externally.

1, the treatment of bruises, sprains and swelling pain: a grip of fresh anemone leaves, seven white onions with whiskers. Chopped, plus sprinkle brewing lees appropriate amount, with mashed compresses on the affected area, a day for one or two. ("Jiangxi folk herbal medicine")

2, the treatment of vomiting blood does not go: ginseng a minute, the day eggplant seedling half a couple. On the two flavors, pounded for loose. Each serving two money dagger, new water, not time. ("Sheng Ji General Records" ginseng scattered)

3, the treatment of dysentery: longan leaves eight money to one or two (fresh with double the amount), sugar eight money. Water decoction. (Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine)

4, the treatment of acute nephritis, edema, urination: fresh anemone, fresh coriander five dollars each, two dollars of mouton. Water decoction. (Hebei Chinese medicine manual)

5, urinary incontinence. Use the root of the dragonflower and Mouton, caraway decoction.

6, fall injury. Use longan stems and leaves pounded juice to serve, and apply the dregs to the injured area.

7, flame poisoning. Use the leaves with vinegar and vinegar research as a fine powder coating, can eliminate redness and swelling.

8, the treatment of testicular inflammation: the fresh roots of anemone, Lantern Grass - two, two duck eggs with green skin. Add water and cook, serve soup and eat eggs. ("Quanzhou Materia Medica")

9, the treatment of wind and tooth worm pain: longan root decoction soup gargle. ("Quanzhou Materia Medica")

10, cure lung cancer, is blood stasis and water obstruction type, face, upper chest swelling, shortness of breath and shortness of breath. Use this product 50g (fresh) 20g (dry), decoction with water, 1 dose per day.

What is the efficacy of longan

Longan efficacy and function of many, in the summer, it can clear the heat and detoxification, and longan can also reduce swelling, blood stasis, for acute nephritis as well as chronic bronchitis and other diseases have a good therapeutic effect, is a favorite medicinal plant. Each 100 grams of edible parts of lobelia contains carotene 0.93 mg, vitamin B 0.12 mg, vitamin C 137 mg, but also contains polysaccharides, vitamin A and vitamin C, fat, steroids, alkaloids and other components. The whole herb contains about 0.45% of glycoside alkaloids such as lobeline, macadamia alkaloids and macadamia edge alkaloids. The hydrolyzed glycoside of macadamia alkaloids and macadamia bianco alkaloids is macadamia amine. Lobelia treatment of sore throat, can be used together with soil hyssop, tendon grass, big green leaf and other drugs.

Treatment of surgical carbuncles and boils, can be washed with fresh grass, pounded and applied externally; internal consumption can be used with the grass, wild chrysanthemum, dandelion and other drugs. It can be used to treat edema and urinary disorders, and can be used together with Ze Xie, Mu Tong and other medicines. For the treatment of cancer, it can be used together with snakeberry and white-flower snake tongue. Lung Kwai Decoction has certain antibacterial effect on a variety of pathogenic cocci and bacilli. Lobelia alkaloids have inhibitory effects on a variety of pathogenic fungi. Lobelia alkaloids have significant protective effect on CCI4 liver injury in mice. Lobelia alkaloids have a stimulating effect on bone marrow hematopoiesis, large doses of infusion, can make the sheep white blood cell count increase, such as infusion and then static injection, on the contrary, see the white blood cell decline. Lonchocarpine has a positive inotropic effect on the ventricular activity of isolated frogs.