Marigold

Marigold

(a textual research on the names and facts of plants)

[synonyms] Osmanthus fragrans (a textual research on the names and facts of plants), Chrysanthemum morifolium (a collection of commonly used folk herbs), chrysanthemum flavum, safflower, cypress flower and wormwood (a list of medicinal plants in Guangxi), honeycombed chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum Chrysanthemi and chrysanthemum Chrysanthemi (commonly used folk herbs in Kunming).

[source] inflorescence of Tagetes erecta.

[plant morphology] Marigold

Annual herb; stout and erect, about 60 cm high, with putrefaction smell when kneaded. Leaves opposite, pinnate, lobes oblong or lanceolate, 1.2-2.5 cm long, margin serrate, several large glands near margin, some lobes have a long awn at the apex or tooth tip. The inflorescence is solitary, yellow to orange, 5-10 cm in diameter; the peduncle is stout; the involucre is bell shaped, the teeth are elongated; the ligulate flowers are numerous, with long stalks, outside row, and the tongue turns outward. Achene linear, crown with 1-2 long awned and 2-3 short blunt scales. The flowering period is autumn and winter.

It is cultivated all over the country.

The leaves of this plant (Tagetes erecta L.) are also used for medicine. Please refer to the special section for details.

[collection] picking in summer and autumn.

[nature and taste] common folk herbs in Kunming: "cold in nature, bitter and pungent in taste. "

Functions and indications: calming the liver, clearing away heat, dispelling wind and resolving phlegm. Treatment of dizziness, eye pain, infantile convulsion, cold cough, pertussis, mastitis, mumps.

① "Collection of commonly used folk herbal medicines": "dispelling wind and reducing fire, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. "

② "Pinggan Qingre". Treatment of dizziness, infantile convulsion. "

③ "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "blood, Tongjing, Quyu Shengxin. "

④ For wind fire, eye pain, dim eyes, cold and cough. Uterine prolapse after fumigation. (Sichuan)

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1-3 yuan. External use: smoked and washed with boiling water.

[selection] 1. Treatment of pertussis: 15 beehive chrysanthemums. Take fried water with brown sugar.

② Treat tracheitis: fresh honeycomb chrysanthemum one or two, water Chaoyang three money, aster two money. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of mumps, mastitis: honeycombed chrysanthemum, Paris polyphylla, honeysuckle joint research at the end, acid and vinegar evenly applied to the affected part.

④ Treatment of toothache, eye pain: honeycomb chrysanthemum five money. Take it in water. (selected the prescription of Kunming folk commonly used herbs)