Suaeda salsa

Suaeda salsa

(save famine materia medica)

Another name is Yanpeng.

[source] the whole plant of Suaeda glauca (Chenopodiaceae).

[plant morphology] Suaeda glauca

Annual herb, 30-150 cm high. Stem erect, striped, upper part branched; branches slender, obliquely extended or spreading. Leaves sessile, linear, 1.5-5 cm long, 1.5 mm wide, apex sharp, grayish green, densely arranged, smooth or slightly powdery; leaves on upper stem gradually shorter. Flowers bisexual, solitary or usually 2-5, with short stalks, arranged in cymes; bracteoles shorter than perianth: perianth 5, oblong, obtuse, plump, with ridge on the back; stamen 5, filaments very short; style of female flower extends longer, fruit of female flower is completely wrapped in juicy and ridged perianth, fruit of bisexual flower is spherical, top exposed. The flowering period is from July to August and the fruiting period is from September to October.

It grows on the saline soil of beach, river valley, roadside and field. Distributed in Northeast, northwest, North China and Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and other places.

[nature and taste] saving wasteland materia medica: "leaf: slightly salty in taste, slightly cold in nature. "

[function indications] Compendium: clearing away heat and eliminating accumulation. "