What is the effect of bitter girl?

Bitter girl is a kind of plant Chinese medicine, also known as red girl or lantern fruit. The taste of bitter girl is slightly sour and it is a cold food. The efficacy and function of bitter girl are very high. It can prevent some physical diseases and treat liver diseases. It is used to treat human throat pain, cough and sputum, etc. It can also supplement the body's trace elements.

The medicinal value of bitter girl

The bitter girl is also known as the red girl, lantern grass, lantern fruit, hanging golden lantern, red lantern, brocade lantern, and nightshade. It is a plant of the Solanaceae family.

The flowering period of Red Girl is spring and summer. The fruit is harvested and dried in autumn when it matures and the persistent calyx is red or orange-red. The persistent calyx is slightly lantern-shaped, with an orange-red or orange-yellow surface. The persistent calyx tastes bitter, and the fruit tastes sweet and slightly sour. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste.

Modern medicine believes that red girl can relieve throat and reduce phlegm, and can treat hepatitis, sore throat, lung heat cough, etc. It is recorded in the "Song of Medicinal Properties of Four Hundred Ingredients in Plain Language" that Physalis can clear the lungs and treat the liver, and can relieve sore throats and febrile coughs. According to modern scientific testing, Red Girl is rich in Physalis alcohol AB, Physalis hematoxylin, biotin, citric acid, carotene, Physalis xanthin, graminesterol, cycloartenol, lanolin-8-3B-ol, etc. These are rare trace elements for human growth. The simplified version of "Chinese Herbal Medicine Atlas" in the 1970s recorded that Hong Niangniang can treat whooping cough, acute bronchitis, and edema in children due to diabetes (ineffective for those taking insulin), and the root decoction is very effective in treating bacterial dysentery. Modern folk remedy: Decoction of red lady's root is an effective treatment for hepatitis B. Drinking it with tea can improve eyesight and brain, stabilize blood pressure, lower blood lipids, and there is no need to worry about dizziness if taken for a long time.

Nutritional value of red lady's apple: The ripe fruit is sweet and fragrant, and is a nutritious fruit and vegetable. Berries are rich in vitamin C and are effective in treating aplastic anemia. The fruit has the effect of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, and can be used as an anti-inflammatory when applied externally. The whole plant is used as medicine, which has the effect of clearing heat and toxins, especially for tonsillitis. The calyx is an anti-asthmatic. The enlarged persistent calyx of Physalis can be used as medicine, which has the effects of cooling, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and diuresis. The whole plant has a laxative effect and can treat gout, but it has the disadvantage of causing abortion, so pregnant women should not use it. The whole plant can be used to prepare insecticides and can also be used for ornamental purposes.

Introduction of Red Girl

Red Girl, the medicinal part is the mature fruit with persistent calyx of the herbaceous plant Physalis in the Solanaceae family. The fruits are harvested and dried in autumn when they are ripe and the persistent calyx is red or orange-red.

The scientific name of "Red Girl" is Physalis, and it also has many names such as lantern grass, Guni'er, bitter girl, bitter essence, Roselle, hanging golden lantern, and bubble grass. It is a wild health-care fruit that can be used as both medicine and food. It is native to China and is distributed in both the north and the south. It blooms and bears fruit in spring and summer, and the fruits mature in late autumn. The fruit skin, stems and leaves are extremely bitter, and the whole plant can be used as medicine, with the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying. The fruit can be eaten raw or made into a beverage.

This product is slightly lantern-shaped, mostly flattened, 3 to 4.5 cm long and 2.5 to 4 cm wide. The surface is orange-red or orange-yellow, with 5 obvious longitudinal ridges and a network of fine veins between the ridges. The apex is gradually pointed, slightly 5-lobed, the base is slightly truncate, and the center is sunken with a fruit stalk. It is light, flexible, hollow, and contains brown-red or orange-red fruits. The fruit is spherical, mostly flattened, 1 to 1.5 cm in diameter, with wrinkled skin and many seeds inside. It has a faint smell, the calyx is bitter, and the fruit tastes sweet and slightly sour.