Chinese name

Nasturtium

Latin name

Rorippa indica (L.) Hiern

Alias

Spicy rice cabbage, river scissors grass mung bean grass;

Nasturtium is an annual herb in the family of Cruciferae, expectorant, cough. Used for chronic bronchitis. Antihypertensive diuretic, cool blood and stop bleeding. It is used for dizziness, hypertension, hot and astringent urination, blood in urine, and disintegration. Not only has medicinal value, but also can be eaten as a vegetable.

Snake berry (scientific name: Duchesnea indica? (Andr.) Focke)

Alias: snake bubble grass, dragon spit pearl, three-clawed wind, nosebleed fruit fruit, bead claw, snake fruit, cockle fruit, wild strawberries, snakescurrant, ground berries, silkworm berries, three-pointed red, lion's tail, healing sores, snake egg fruit, ground mallow, three pi wind, snake bubble grass, three-pi wind, three-jawed dragon, the old snake bubble, snake raspberry, three-pointed red, lion's tail, healing sores, snake egg fruit, ground brocade, three pi wind, snake bubble grass, three pi wind, three-jawed dragon, old snake bubble Snake Hibiscus, Three-legged Tiger, Snake Skin Vine, Snake Eight-Petal, Dragon's Pearl, Small Strawberry, Ground Prunus, Snake Gone, Golden Cicada Grass, Trichocereus, Old Snake Spurge, Old Snake Bramble, Dragon's Ball Grass, Snake Grape, Snake Fruit Vine, Snake Pillow, Snake Containing Grass, Snake Coil Grass, Haha Fruit, Hemp Snake Fruit, Nine Dragons' Grass, Sampygastrum, Snake Lady, Snake Tortoise Grass, Ground Prunus, Red Crown Fruit, Bloody Boil Grass, Wild Strawberry. [1]? Rosaceae? , perennial herb, pilose throughout; stolons long. Leaflets obovate to rhombic-oblong, 2-3.5(-5) cm long, 1-3 cm wide; flowers solitary in leaf axils; 1.5-2.5 cm in diam; achenes ovate, ca. 1.5 mm, smooth or with inconspicuous protuberances, shiny when fresh. Fl. 6-Aug, fr. 8-Oct. Mostly wild on mountain slopes, grasslands, roadsides, ditches, or ridges among weeds; distributed throughout the country. The whole grass for medicinal purposes, has a heat detoxification, blood stasis, astringent bleeding effect, and can cure snake bites, compresses for boils, etc.; and used to kill the fly maggots.