Top Quality Herba geranii

Herba geranii

 Annual plant, 1 to 1.5 metres long. Stem slender, spreading or obliquely, mauve-red, obtuse-ribbed, with white spreading long hairs, nodes conspicuous. Leaves Opposite; 2-pinnatisect, Lobes 5-9, base decurrent, then pinnately divided, whole leaf length 4-5 cm, nearly equal in width, lobules long and narrow, with long teeth notched, above nearly glabrous, below along the vein have soft hairs; Petiole of Basal Leaf is more than 10 cm long, petiole of cauline leaf is shorter, all by white long hair; stipules triangular-lanceolate, up to 1 cm long, qualitative thin hairy. Flowers 2 ~ 5 in Umbel Arrangement, terminal or AXILLARY, total pedicel 6 ~ 10 cm long, white-handed; involucre 6 ~ 7, Lanceolate, Ciliate; pedicel 2 ~ 3 cm long, hairy: Flower Diameter Ca. 1 cm; Calyx 5, ovate-elliptic, Apex Long Awned, aBAXIAL surface covered with long white hairs; Petals 5, blue-purple, obovate; Stamens 10, Outer Whorl 5 without anther, inner whorl 5 with yellow anthers, lower part of filaments dilated, nectary 5, conspicuous; styles 5, all densely pubescent. Capsule, Apex long-beaked, Ca. 3-5 cm long, 5-loculed, with 1 seed per locule, 5 petals separated from column at maturity, beak of petals spirally curled, medial white hairs. Seeds Long obovate-conic, Brown, 2-2.5 mm long. Florescence 4 ~ 6 months. FRUIT PERIOD 5 ~ 7 months.

  Born on a hillside, in a field. Distributed in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Inner Mongolia and other places.

Function indications:

Expelling Wind and dredging collaterals; promoting blood circulation; clearing away heat and removing dampness. Arthralgia due to rheumatism; numbness of skin; aching and aching of muscles and bones; injury caused by falls; diarrhea and dysentery; Sore Toxin。