Luan Xi

Luan Xi

(collection of herbs in Lingnan)

[synonym] gezashu (flora of Guangzhou).

[source] it is the stem and leaf of chrysanthemum grandiflorum.

[plant morphology] chrysanthemum bracteatum

Erect MULTI BRANCHED shrub, 1-2m high. Leaves oblong obovate to oblong elliptic, 1.5-5 cm long, apex mucronate or obtuse, base cuneate, margin slightly irregularly serrate. Inflorescence numerous, about 5 mm long; arranged into terminal corymbs, inflorescence 5-10 cm long, slightly hairy; involucre ovate, short pointed or obtuse, inner row slightly longer; Flowers Lavender, all tubular; female in periphery, multiseriate, weak; bisexual in middle, several, 5-lobed. Achene minute, angulate, corolla white. It blooms in summer.

Born near the tide. It is distributed in the south of China.

[collection] harvest in summer.

[functions and indications] Lingnan medicine collection record: "to treat banluo, take stems and leaves, pound natural juice, add cowhide glue and kelp, stew and take it. "