Cynoglossum amabile has vivid colors and high ornamental value.

Cynoglossum amabile: a perennial herb in the Boraginaceae family, genus Cynoglossum, growing up to 60 cm tall. The stems are densely covered with appressed short pubescence. Basal leaves are oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate; stem leaves are oblong or lanceolate, sessile; the inflorescence branches at acute angles, dense, extending straight upward, paniculate, without bracts; the lobes are ovate or oblong; the corolla is usually blue, rarely white; the lobes are rounded; the style is filiform-cylindrical; the nutlets are ovate; the flowering and fruiting period is from May to September.

Cynoglossum amabile

It is distributed in Yunnan, western Guizhou, southwestern to southeastern Xizang, western Sichuan and southern Gansu in China. It grows on hillside grasslands, mountain scrub, dry roadsides and the edges of coniferous forests. It is also distributed in Bhutan. Cynoglossum amabile is a well-known medicinal plant; its roots and the whole plant are used as medicine, and it has effects such as clearing heat and draining dampness, dissipating blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and relieving cough. Because its flowers are dense and brightly colored, it also has high ornamental value.

Cynoglossum amabile

The inflorescence branches at acute angles, the branches are dense, extending straight upward, gathered into a panicle, without bracts; the pedicels are 2-3 mm long, slightly elongating in fruit; the calyx is 2.5-3.5 mm long, densely pubescent outside, the lobes ovate or oblong, acute at the apex; the corolla is usually blue, rarely white, 5-6 mm long, the limb 8-10 mm in diameter, the lobes rounded, about 2.5 mm long, with obvious reticulate veins, the throat with 5 trapezoidal appendages, the appendages about 1 mm long; the filaments about 0.5 mm long, inserted at the middle of the corolla tube, the anthers oblong, about 1 mm long; the style filiform-cylindrical, nearly as long as or shorter than the calyx. The nutlets are ovate, 3-4 mm long, slightly concave on the back, densely covered with glochidiate spines, the bases of the marginal glochidiate spines united, forming a narrow or broad wing-like margin, with a triangular attachment scar above the middle on the ventral side.

Cynoglossum amabile

Medicinal value:

1. Treating cough and spitting blood. Cynoglossum amabile tastes rather sweet, is neutral in nature, and is not toxic. Therefore it is often used as medicine to treat various ailments; for example, it can nourish yin and moisten the lungs, clear heat and relieve cough. People with rather severe coughs must, under guidance, use a certain amount, which can effectively relieve our cough. In addition, in some rural areas and pastoral areas it is also often used to treat nosebleeds and spitting blood, but the specific dosage must also be used under the guidance of professionals and must not be used indiscriminately; this point must be noted.

2. Inhibiting the central nervous system and lowering blood pressure. In the extract and concentrated extract of Cynoglossum amabile there is a component that can effectively control our central nervous system and can also effectively lower blood pressure, so people with high blood pressure can consult professionals to see specifically how to use it; it is a relatively safe blood-pressure-lowering drug.

3. Medicinal use for repelling rats. Cynoglossum amabile also has another name in medicinal use, namely "rat-sorrow," so it is a very famous rat-repelling plant. It is a biennial medicinal plant, generally mainly more common in Europe and northern Asia. After we dry its plant, it can give off an odor that rats find especially unbearable; after smelling its odor, rats immediately flee and will certainly not let it come near them. So when some rats encounter it, some would rather jump into the water and die than smell it any longer, so it is a very good miraculous rat-repelling medicine. It has a very good effect on driving away rats.

4. Treating wind-cold paralysis and irregular menstruation. Cynoglossum amabile is recorded in history as also being able to effectively treat some rheumatic ailments, and it also has a good effect on tingling pain in the hands and feet. In addition, it has a good effect on some women with irregular menstruation and those who have not conceived for a long time after marriage. But exactly how to use it must not be used blindly; it must be used according to the guidance of professionals.