English names:
Shepherd’s purse, blind-weed, toy-wort, mother’s heart.
Description:
Annual herb, 20-30 cm. high. Leaves usually lobed and irregularly toothed; the radical with long petiole, forming a rosette; the upper sessile, amplexicaul, with diverging auricles at the base. Inflorescence in terminal raceme; flowers small, white. Pod obcordate, compressed, self-dehiscent. Seeds numerous, reddish-brown.
Flowering period:
March - August.
Distribution:
Grows wild on river banks and waste ground.
Parts used:
The whole plant, harvested in summer. The washed plants are dried in the sun.
Chemical composition:
The whole plant contains the alkaloid: bursine; choline, diosmin; organic acids: thiocyanic, citric, malic, fumaric, tartaric, tannic and bursinic. It also contains vitamin C, inositol, rhamno-glucoside and hyssopin.
Therapeutic uses:
The entire plant is a haemostatic remedy for haemoptysis, intestinal and uterine bleeding, menorrhagia, pulmonary oedema, fever, oedema and chyluria. It is prescribed in a dose of 6 to 12g per day as a decoction, liquid extract or tincture. The roots and seeds are effective in amblyopia and the flowers for chronic dysentery.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Shepherd’s purse, blind-weed, toy-wort, mother’s heart.
Description:
Annual herb, 20-30 cm. high. Leaves usually lobed and irregularly toothed; the radical with long petiole, forming a rosette; the upper sessile, amplexicaul, with diverging auricles at the base. Inflorescence in terminal raceme; flowers small, white. Pod obcordate, compressed, self-dehiscent. Seeds numerous, reddish-brown.
Flowering period:
March - August.
Distribution:
Grows wild on river banks and waste ground.
Parts used:
The whole plant, harvested in summer. The washed plants are dried in the sun.
Chemical composition:
The whole plant contains the alkaloid: bursine; choline, diosmin; organic acids: thiocyanic, citric, malic, fumaric, tartaric, tannic and bursinic. It also contains vitamin C, inositol, rhamno-glucoside and hyssopin.
Therapeutic uses:
The entire plant is a haemostatic remedy for haemoptysis, intestinal and uterine bleeding, menorrhagia, pulmonary oedema, fever, oedema and chyluria. It is prescribed in a dose of 6 to 12g per day as a decoction, liquid extract or tincture. The roots and seeds are effective in amblyopia and the flowers for chronic dysentery.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
This is a quirky Japan type question.
ReplyDeleteMy Master and I have taken to watching Ninja Warrior and Unbeatable Banzuke on cable TV. We've noticed that the Japanese host will often insert random words in English (like when he says "champion", it's in English, and the names of the obstacle courses are in English). I've also noticed this in other Japanese things too - product packaging for example, just seemingly random words in English. Do you know why this is done?