Ice powder seed is an annual erect herb of Solanaceae, also known as the seed of Lithocarpus. Its stems are purple-black, multi-branched, ribbed, and the height can reach 1.5 meters. Berries are spherical. They are native to Peru, mostly born in fields and wasteland, and mainly distributed in Guangxi and Yunnan in China. Ice powder seeds like plenty of sunshine, and the more sunshine, the more lush its growth and development. Ice powder seed is the raw material for making stone jelly, and it is a summer health food for relieving inflammation and diuresis, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. And the whole plant of ice powder seed can be used as medicine, the leaves contain pseudophysinone, the whole plant contains pseudophysaloid, and the roots contain tropine and coumarine, and the whole plant has the effects of calming, eliminating phlegm, clearing heat, detoxicating and relieving cough.

Ice powder seed type

Ice powder seed, also known as stone flower seed, is the seed of pseudoPhysalis alkekengi. It is panicum miliaceum of Solanaceae, native to Peru, and mostly born in fields and wasteland. It has been cultivated for medicinal and ornamental purposes in north and south China, mainly distributed in Guangxi and Yunnan.

Ice powder seed attribute

Ice powder seed is a solanaceae plant, which has low requirements on the living environment, and likes plenty of sunlight. The more sunshine, the more prosperous its growth and development, especially the weather in Yunnan and Guangxi is particularly suitable for its growth and development.

What does ice powder seed look like?

Ice powder seed is an annual erect herb with purple-black stems and many branches. Its stems are ribbed and hairless, and its height can reach 1.5 meters. Corolla bell-shaped, light blue; Berries are spherical and yellow.

The shape of the ice powder seed cup is persistent, heart-shaped, winged with five edges, and shaped like a small lantern.

Leaves: Ice powder seeds and leaves alternate, the leaves are oval or oval, grassy, the top is acute or short-tapering, the base is wedge-shaped, and there are sparse hairs on both sides.

Color ice powder seed flower is axillary, corolla cup-shaped, pink-purple, the flower is solitary in the axillary branches and opposite to the leaves, the calyx is 5-parted, the lobes are sharp at the top, and the base is heart-shaped and arrow-shaped.

Function and value of ice powder seeds

Ice powder seeds are the raw materials for making stone jelly. After soaking the seeds of Physalis alkekengi in water for a long time, filtering to remove the seeds, adding a proper amount of coagulant, and solidifying for a period of time, the stone jelly with clear and cool taste is made, which is a summer health food with anti-inflammatory, diuretic, summer heat relieving and thirst quenching effects.

The whole plant of ice powder seed can be used as medicine, the leaves contain pseudophysinone, the whole plant contains pseudophysaloid, and the roots contain tropine and coumarine. The whole plant has the effects of calming, eliminating phlegm, clearing heat, detoxicating and relieving cough.