Pearl Herba

The efficacy of pearl bone grass

Pearl bone grass is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is the dried whole herb with rhizome of the plant ground bone grass. Its rhizome is cylindrical, about 10 cm long; the surface is grayish yellow, the cross section is yellowish white, and woody. Its usage rate in medicine is also quite high. So what are the effects of pearl bone-penetrating grass? What are its benefits to the human body? Today I will introduce to you the effects and functions of pearl grass.

The stem is cylindrical or slightly angular, 10 to 20 cm long, with a diameter of 1 to 2 mm at the lower end; the surface is light green to gray-green, covered with gray-white soft hairs; it is hard, easy to break, and the cross section is yellow-white. The leaves are mostly curled and wrinkled, gray-green, covered with gray-white soft hairs; they are brittle and fall off easily. Sometimes the inflorescence is left with small round flowers and fruits. Slight odor, light taste. The best ones are green in color, with tender branches and pearl-shaped fruits. It is mainly produced in Shandong, Henan and Jiangsu. In addition, it is also produced in Gansu, Shanxi and Shaanxi.

Plant morphology

Perennial herb; stem erect, 25-50 cm high, many branches, covered with approximate short soft hairs. The leaves are papery, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 1.8--5.5 cm long, 0.5--2.5 cm wide, apex gradually pointed, rarely acute, with obtuse tip, base broadly cuneate or rounded, margin with sparse crenate or sometimes deeply fissured, with glandular teeth at the tips, sparsely pubescent above, pubescent below or only with veins; petiole less than 5 mm long or nearly sessile; stipules ovate-lanceolate, about 1.5 mm long. The raceme is 6-15 cm long, with 20-30 male flowers in the upper part and 6-10 female flowers in the lower part. There are sometimes 1-2 male flowers on both sides of the female flowers in the middle of the inflorescence; bracts are ovate-lanceolate or ovate, 1-2 mm long; male flowers: 2-4 flowers born in

Pearl Herba

Bract axil, pedicel about 1 mm long; calyx lobes ovate, about 1.5 mm long, sparsely covered with long soft hairs on the outside; petals obcordate, clawed, about 0.5 mm long, hairy; stamens 8--12 (--15) branches, filaments hairy; female flowers: 1--2 flowers born in bract axils, pedicel about 1 mm long, up to 5 mm long when fruiting, and often curved; calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, about 1.5 mm long, acuminate at the apex, sparsely covered with long soft hairs, petals similar to male flowers, but shorter, sparsely covered with soft hairs or ciliate, with veins; styles 3, each with 2 deep lobes, lobes pinnately torn. The capsule is oblate, about 4 mm long and 6 mm in diameter, covered with soft hairs and with tubercles. The seeds are ovate, about 2 mm long, with an acute apex and are gray-brown. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to September.