What does Sanqi look like?

Herbs perennial, up to 60 cm tall. The rhizome is short, the stem is erect, smooth and hairless. Palmately compound leaves, long stalk, 3-4 rounds at the top of the stem;

Leaflets 3-7, ovoid or oblong-obovate, with serrated edges. The umbel is terminal, and the peduncle is drawn from the center of the top of the stem, which is 20 ~ 30cm long. Flowers are small and yellow-green; Calyx 5-lobed; Petals and stamens are both 5. Drupe berry-shaped, nearly kidney-shaped, red at maturity. Seeds 1 ~ 3, oblate. The flowering period is June-August, and the fruiting period is 8-65438+1October.

Extended data:

Sanqi (scientific name: Sanqi? (Burkill) F.H. Chenex C.H): A perennial erect herb of Panax of Araliaceae, with a height of 60 cm. The taproot is fleshy and spindle-shaped. The stem is dark green, with compound leaves and whorls at the top. The petiole is striped, the leaves are membranous, and the umbel is solitary at the top of the stem, with about 100 flowers;

The total pedicel has stripes, and most bracts are clustered at the base of the pedicel, which are ovate-lanceolate Pedicels are slender, with many bracteoles, small flowers and yellow-green; Calyx cup-shaped, slightly flat, filaments as long as petals; The ovary is inferior, the fruit is oblate and kidney-shaped, the seed is white, triangular and oval, it blooms in July-August, and bears fruit in August-65438+1October.

Panax notoginseng is mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places. Panax notoginseng is used as medicine with its roots. It is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It has obvious effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and has the reputation of "gold does not change" and "exotic grass in the south" Because both of them belong to the genus Ginseng, their effective active substances are higher than and more than ginseng, so they are also called "the king of ginseng" by modern Chinese medicine pharmacologists.

In the Pharmacology Book Compendium of Materia Medica in Qing Dynasty, it was recorded that "Ginseng is the first to tonify qi, and Sanqi is the first to tonify blood, with the same taste, so it is called Ginseng Sanqi, which is the most precious Chinese medicine." The famous Chinese patent medicines "Yunnan Baiyao" and "Pien Tze Huang" are made of notoginseng as the main raw material. Indications are hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, traumatic hemorrhage, chest and abdomen tingling, traumatic swelling and pain.

Traditional Chinese medicine dictionary

Author: Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine? authorized strength

Publishing House: Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House. Release date: March 2006-1.

Version: 2

Page count: 3875 pages

Word count: 10667000

Printing time: March 2006-1

References:

Herbal Net-Sanqi

Traditional Chinese Medicine Dictionary-Sanqi