Ice powder seed, also known as Physalis seed, is the seed of Panicum in Solanaceae, which is native to Peru and mostly grows in fields and wasteland. There are medicinal and ornamental cultivation in the north and south of China, mainly distributed in Guangxi and Yunnan.

Ice powder seed attribute

Ice powder seeds are solanaceae plants. This does not require high living environment, and likes sunshine. The more sunshine, the more vigorous its growth and development will be, especially the weather in Yunnan and Guangxi is especially suitable for its growth and development.

What do ice powder seeds look like?

Ice Fenzi is an annual erect herb with purple-black stems and many branches. Its stems are angular and hairless, and its height can reach1.5m. The corolla is bell-shaped and light blue. Berries are spherical and yellow.

Shape:

Ice powder seed lamp is durable, heart-shaped, pentagonal and shaped like a small lantern.

Leaves:

Ice powder seed leaves alternate, the leaves are ovoid or ovoid, grasslike, with sharp or short tips, wedge-shaped base and sparse hairs on both sides.

Color:

Ice powder seed flowers are axillary, corolla cup-shaped, pink-purple, flowers are solitary in the axils of opposite leaves, calyx is 5-lobed, the top lobe is pointed, and the base is heart-shaped.

Function and value of ice powder seeds

Ice powder seeds are the raw materials for making stone jelly. 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 to make a transparent and cool stone jelly, which is a summer health food with anti-inflammatory, diuretic, summer heat-relieving and thirst-quenching effects. The whole plant of ice seed can be used as medicine, the leaves contain pseudophyside, the whole plant contains pseudophyside, and the roots contain tropine and coumarin. The whole herb has the effects of calming, eliminating phlegm, clearing away heat, detoxicating and relieving cough.