The efficacy and function of Primrose with leaves

Recently, major TV channels have launched various health programs, and food programs have also introduced special health-preserving dietary therapy methods. All aspects show that the concept of health preservation is gradually deepening in people's understanding. Next, we will introduce a health-preserving medicinal material, Primula vulgaris.

[Other names] Primrose, Tibetan primrose

[Source] Medicinal material source: The flowers of Primula affine.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30-50cm high. The whole plant is hairless. The rhizome is thick and short, with many fibrous roots. Simple leaves are basal; petioles are 3-4cm long with wings on both sides; leaf blades are oblanceolate or narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse or blunt-pointed at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base, with fine serrations on the margins, thin membranes, without powder, green above, and light green below. The scape is 35-50m high, with 1-2 whorls of terminal umbels and more than 10 flowers; the bracts are lanceolate, 6-9mm long, sharp, and have white powder; the pedicels vary in length and have white powder; the calyx is bell-shaped, with 5 lanceolate lobes, 3mm long, and have white powder; the corolla is broadly bell-shaped, reddish purple to deep rose red, about 1.5m in length and diameter, with 5 lobes, ovate, entire or concave at the apex, 5 stamens, and many ovules inside. Fruit a capsule, slightly longer than persistent calyx. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is August-September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing beside ditches, river beaches, alpine swamps and wet grasslands at an altitude of 3200-4800m.

【Properties】 Identification of properties: The top of the scape is covered with creamy yellow powder. Umbels 5-10-flowered, sometimes with 2nd whorl: bracts lanceolate. The calyx is linear, narrow bell-shaped when unfolded, and the upper part is divided into lanceolate lobes. The edges of each 2 lobes are densely covered with white powder extending down to the base, forming a purple and white longitudinal band on the entire calyx; the corolla is reddish purple to dark red. It has a faint smell and a bitter taste.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Functions and indications】Relieve liver fire; clear dampness and heat. It is used to treat high fever convulsions in children and diarrhea caused by damp heat.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3-6g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Having said so much, we can see that leaf primrose has many uses. It can also be used as medicine to treat diseases. You might as well know more about these, it will be helpful in your life.