Top Quality Glehniae Radix

It's a perennial plant, five to 20 centimeters high. Taproot slender, Terete, up to 30 cm long, 0.5 ~ 1.5 cm in Diam. , rarely branched. Stem basally covered with sand, erect, unbranched. Basal leaves with Long Stipe, base broadly sheathing, margin membranous; Leaf Blade leathery, ovoid or broadly triangular-ovate, 1-3-back-3-divided to parted. Both surfaces sparsely pilose or glabrous; upper leaves of stem undivided, ovate, margin serrate. Compound umbels terminal, Densely gray-brown Tomentose; Petals 5, Apex Inflexed; Stamens 5; Ovary Inferior, stylopodium oblate-conic, style 2-lobed. Double hanging fruit globose or ellipsoid, up to 1 cm in Diam. , Fruit Ribs Corky wing, Brown hirsute. Flowering may-july, fruiting june-august. Cultivated in rich, loose sandy soil or wild on seaside beaches. Distributed in Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong and other places. Slender cylindrical, occasionally branched, 15-45 cm long, 0.4-1.2 cm in diameter. Surface Yellowish White, slightly rough, occasionally remnants of the skin, not to the skin surface yellowish brown. There are fine longitudinal wrinkles and furrows, with brown-yellow dot-like fine root scars; the top often left yellow-brown residue;. Tapering of lower part. Brittle, easy to break, cross-section skin Pale yellow-white, yellow wood. Gas specific, taste slightly sweet.

Sexual Taste Channel: micro-cold, sweet, micro-bitter. Channel of lung and stomach.

Efficacy and function: Nourishing Yin and clearing lung, benefiting stomach and promoting body fluid. It is a kind of yin-tonifying medicine classified by subordinate.

Pharmacological Research: It has certain influence on heart and blood pressure, such as the aqueous extract can enhance the contraction of isolated toad heart at low concentration, inhibit the heart at high concentration, stop the heart, but can recover, also have effect on the heart in Vivo. In recent years, great progress has been made in pharmacological research, which has been found to have antipyretic, analgesic and immunosuppressive effects.