Plantago seed psyllium semen plantaginis psyllii Plantago asiatica L medicinal material Che qian zi

Product Description

Basic info:

plantago seed; psyllium seed; semen plantaginis; semen psyllii;Plantago asiatica L seeds

Source:Plantago asiatica L & Plantago depressa Willd.

Chinese name: che qian zi

Mature seeds,dried well

Collect from Guang xi province

Herb property:sweet,cold

• Dried well
• Wihout sulphate
• Wild type ,no pollution
• Best price & quality to customers
• Small quantity is acceptable

Classic prescription:

Name:chē qián zǐ wán

Herbs used:psyllium seed 60g;Semen Cassiae seed 60g;rhizome of Chinese goldthread 60g;Polygonum tinctorium Ait. seeds 60g;Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi 30g;Scrophularia ningpoensis Hemsl. root 30g;Adenophora tetraphylla,root 30g;Dianthus superbus L 30g;Lycium chinense Mill.root bark 30g;Gentiana macrophylla Pall.root 30g;Hedge Prinsepia Nrt 30g

Treat for:heat toxin,dizzy,leukoma;

Plant description:

Plantago asiatica Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 113. 1753.
 che qian
Herbs, perennial. Roots numerous, fibrous. Leaves basal; petiole 2-15(-27) cm, sparsely pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate to broadly elliptic, 4-12 × 2.5-6.5 cm, thinly papery to papery, sparsely pubescent, veins 3-7, base broadly cuneate to subrounded and decurrent onto petiole, margin entire, repand, serrate, or dentate, apex obtuse to acute.

Spikes narrowly cylindric, 3-40 cm, loosely to densely flowered, sometimes interrupted basally; peduncle 5-30 cm, white pubescent; bracts narrowly ovate-triangular to triangular-lanceolate, 2-3 mm, glabrous or pubescent at apex, keel thick. Sepals 2-4 mm, keel extending or not extending to apex, apex obtuse, rounded, or acute; lower sepals elliptic, keel broad; upper sepals broadly obovate-elliptic to broadly obovate.

Corolla white, glabrous; lobes narrowly triangular, (0.7-)1-1.5 mm, patent to reflexed, apex acuminate to acute. Stamens adnate only to near base of corolla tube, exserted; anthers white, ovoid-ellipsoid, 1-1.2 mm.

Pyxis fusiform-ovoid, ovoid, conic-ovoid, or narrowly conic-ovoid, 3-6(-8) mm, circumscissile near base, with 5-15 seeds. Seeds blackish brown, ovoid-ellipsoid to ellipsoid, 1.2-2 mm, angled, ventral face prominent to slightly flat; cotyledons parallel to ventral side. Fl. Apr-Aug, fr. Jun-Sep.

Mountain slopes, ravines, riverbanks, fields, roadsides, wastelands, lawns; near sea level to 3800 m. Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka].