What Is Roseola?

Roselle, Chinese medicine name. The roots and seeds of the mallow family Roselle.

This product is slightly conical or irregular in shape, 2.5 4cm in length, about 2cm in diameter, calyx fuchsia to purple-black, 5-lobed, lobes lanceolate, bracts healing with calyx can be seen in the lower part, about 10 fissures, covered Needle-shaped, with cavities left after fruit removal. Corolla yellow-brown, with linear stripes on the outer surface, yellow-brown at the base of the inner surface, and occasionally sparse coarse hairs. Light and brittle. Slightly fragrant, sour.

China's Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and southern Yunnan are attractive for cultivation. Native to tropical regions of the Eastern Hemisphere, they are now cultivated in tropical regions around the world.

Plant roots and seeds.

Pick the calyx and its fruit, and let it dry for 1 day. After shrinking, take out the calyx and place it on a clean straw mat or bamboo to dry.

Sour and cold.

The kidney meridian.

Consolidate lungs and relieve cough, lower blood pressure, and hangover.

Main lung deficiency cough, hypertension, drunkenness.

Oral administration: Jiantang, 9 ~ 15g; or open blister.

"Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica" roots and seeds have diuresis and strong functions.

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