What are the effects and functions of carmine flower root?

There are many common flowers in our lives, and different flowers have different effects. Carmine root is a plant with high ornamental value. It has rich colors and a long flowering period. At the same time, carmine root also has certain medicinal value and can help treat headaches, migraines and other diseases. So in addition to these, what other effects and functions does carmine root have?

Morphological characteristics

Perennial herb, the whole plant is pollen-free. Rhizome short, with numerous long roots.

The base of the leaves is scaleless. Leaves are obovate-elliptic, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, (3)5-20 (27) cm long including petiole, 1.5-3 (4) cm wide, obtuse or slightly acute at apex, gradually narrowing at base, with small triangular teeth on margin, rarely nearly entire, midrib slightly wider, lateral veins slender and inconspicuous; petiole with membranous broad wings, usually very short, sometimes nearly as long as petiole.

The pedicel is slightly stout, 20-45 (70) cm high; the umbels are 1-3 whorls, with 6-10 (20) flowers in each whorl; the bracts are lanceolate, 3-7 mm long, acuminate at the apex, and united at the base; the pedicel is 1-3 (4) cm long; the calyx is narrowly campanulate, 6-10 mm long, split to 1/3 of the total length, the lobes are triangular, and the margins have glandular cilia; the corolla is dark scarlet, the tube is tubular, the lobes are narrowly oblong, 4-8 mm long, 2.5-3 mm wide, entire, usually reflexed and attached to the tube; long-styled flowers: the tube is 11-13 mm long, the stamens are attached to the middle and lower part of the tube, 4-5 mm from the base, and the style is nearly as long as the tube mouth; short-styled flowers: the tube is 4-19 mm long, the stamens are attached to the upper part of the tube, the anther top is about 2 mm from the tube mouth, and the style is 3-4 mm long. Capsule slightly longer than calyx. The flowering period is May-June, and the fruiting period is July.

Habitat

It is produced in Jilin, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi and Shaanxi in China. It grows in moist areas under forests and at the edge of forests, with an upper vertical distribution limit of 2,900 meters. The type specimen was collected from the mountainous area near Beijing.

Growth habit

Warm temperate plants prefer a cool, humid environment and well-drained, humus-rich soil. They are not resistant to high temperatures and strong direct sunlight, and most of them are also not resistant to severe cold. Primroses, which are generally used as potted flowers in cold greenhouses, should be cultivated in neutral soil. Not frost resistant, blooms early.

【Functions and indications】Dispel wind and calm epilepsy, relieve pain. Mainly used for epilepsy and headache

Main Value

Primrose is the messenger of spring. When the earth has not yet completely returned to sleep, all flowers have withered, and the frost and snow have not yet ended, it has quietly bloomed at the edge of the forest, by the stream, and on the grass, in clusters or patches, full of vitality, telling people that spring is coming. The Latin word Primula also means flowering in early spring.

Primrose is a kind of flower that people often see. It is one of the plants with ornamental value and is often used to beautify the home environment.

Plant Culture

Flower language: first love, hope, no regrets

Send flowers to: friends, lovers, and loved ones[8]

Flower-giving etiquette: Place small pots of primroses of various colors on a large, plain shallow plate, wrap them in cellophane, and tie a ribbon into a cross knot as an accessory.

Yang Wanli, who was known as one of the "Four Great Poets of the Southern Song Dynasty" along with Fan Chengda and Lu You, left a poem "Mocking the Herald of Spring": The tender yellow and old green have been there for a long time, and the dull purple and foolish red are barely visible on the ten thousand branches. Only three or two flowers herald the coming of spring, but I still don't know when spring has come.