The efficacy and function of red snow lotus

In daily life, we can often see red flower snow lotus, so how should we eat red flower snow lotus? What good effects does it have on our body? Let's take a look.

【Other name】 Eshan Snow Flower

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Primula oleifera, a plant of the Primulaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial herb. The rhizome is short and thick with long fleshy roots. The base of the leaf cluster has imbricate scales, which are bulbous, 2.5-5cm high and up to 4cm in diameter. The scales are ovate or oblong. The petiole is short, 1-1.5cm long, winged, and sheath-like at the base; the leaves are papery, oblong or oblong-obovate, 4-17cm long and 1.5-5cm wide when flowering, 20-30cm long and 4-12cm wide when fruiting, with a rounded or slightly acute tip, the base gradually narrowing down to the petiole into a wing-like shape, and the margins coarsely toothed or pinnately lobed to medium-lobed. The pedicel is very short at first, then gradually elongated, and can reach 30cm in height when fruiting, with yellow powder near the top and 3-20 flowers in the terminal umbel; the bracts are ovate or lanceolate, about 5mm long, usually with yellow powder on the outside; the pedicel is 10-20mm long and erect; the calyx is campanulate, 4-8mm long, with powder, 5 lobes, elliptical or ovate-elliptical; the corolla is funnel-shaped, blue to red, rarely white, usually yellow around the throat, with an annulus, the diameter of the crown is 2.5cm, 5-lobed, the lobes are obovate, entire or slightly concave and irregularly serrated; long-styled flowers: the crown tube is 9-10mm long, the stamens are born in the middle of the crown tube, the style is the same length as the crown tube or slightly exposed at the tube mouth; short-styled flowers: the crown tube is 11-13mm long, the stamens are born in the upper part of the crown tube, the anthers are slightly exposed at the tube mouth, the ovary is spherical, and the style is slightly higher than the calyx. The capsule is nearly spherical, about 4.5 mm in diameter, and is enclosed in the persistent style. Many seeds. The flowering period is from March to May, and the fruiting period is from June to July.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in alpine grasslands and forest edges at an altitude of 3000-4600m.

【Properties】 Characteristic identification: The rhizome is short and thick with long fleshy roots. The top of the rhizome has imbricate scales that are bulbous, 2-5cm long and about 3cm in diameter. The leaves are basal, mostly wrinkled, yellow-green, and rectangular to obovate-rectangular when flattened, with a rounded or slightly acute tip, gradually narrowing at the base, irregularly lobed edges, and lobes with irregular small teeth. The scape is yellow powder near the top; the umbel has 3 to many flowers; the bracts are ovate-triangular to ovate-lanceolate; the calyx is bell-shaped; the corolla is withered yellow, the lobes are obovate or nearly round, and the tip usually has small teeth. It has a faint smell and tastes bitter and spicy.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; warm

【Functions and indications】Nourishes blood and activates blood circulation; dispels wind and dampness. Mainly used for irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, rheumatic pain, cough with sputum

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Based on the above description of red flower snow lotus, it can be seen that red flower snow lotus has many benefits for the human body, and there are many methods and uses for it. The pharmacological effects of red flower snow lotus can be used to treat corresponding diseases.