How to sow Chinese lantern seeds? Cultivation methods for this medicinal plant
Chinese lantern, also known as hanging golden lantern, lantern fruit, red lantern, golden maiden and so on, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Physalis in the Solanaceae family. The Bashang area of Hebei is the main producing area. The medicinal part is the fruit calyx, which has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving cough and promoting diuresis. It grows wild in the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia, but is not mainly used as medicine there.
Chinese lantern, also known as hanging golden lantern, lantern fruit, red lantern, golden maiden and so on, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Physalis in the Solanaceae family. The Bashang area of Hebei is the main producing area. The medicinal part is the fruit calyx, which has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving cough and promoting diuresis. It grows wild in the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia, but is not mainly used as medicine there. Now let us take a look at how to grow Chinese lantern from seed!
Growth habits
Chinese lantern has strong adaptability and can be planted in all parts of the country. The temperature requirement is 12-30°C, and the light requirement is not strict. It is distributed throughout the country, mainly produced in the three northeastern provinces, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. It resists severe cold and drought. The soil requirement is neutral or weakly acidic to alkaline land rich in organic matter. It grows well on hillsides, in mountain gullies and on wasteland, and its drought and cold resistance is very strong.
Seed treatment
Chinese lantern seeds are usually harvested in October, washed, and dried in the shade. Before November 10, soak the seeds indoors in clean water for 24 hours, then remove them and drain off the water. Mix them evenly with fine sand twice the volume of the seeds. The moisture standard is that when squeezed in the hand they form a ball that breaks apart at a touch. Then put them in a breathable bag. Outdoors, choose a spot with high, dry sandy loam soil and dig a pit 30 cm deep. Place the seed bag into the pit and cover the seed bag with 10 cm of soil. After the ground freezes, cover the surface with 10 cm of mulch to delay the rise in early spring soil temperature and prevent the seeds from germinating underground.
Sowing methods
Remove the mulch 5 days before sowing Chinese lantern. When sowing, take out the seeds together with the sand and sow them at the same time. Draw furrows 1-1.5 cm deep at a row spacing of 25-30 cm, scatter the seeds in, cover with fine soil or fine sand 0.8-1 cm, then water. At a suitable temperature, seedlings emerge in 7-15 days. After about 28 days, when the seedlings have 3-4 leaves, they can be transplanted. Use wide ridges with double rows, with a row spacing of 60-70 cm and a plant spacing of 20-25 cm, setting two plants per hole.
Field management
Chinese lantern management is relatively extensive. During the seedling stage and before flowering, hoe normally 2 times to keep weeds under control. From after flowering to the harvest period, generally no management is needed. Starting from the second year, promptly remove excess suckers. Keep about 50,000 plants per 667 sq m. The yield of Chinese lantern planted in the same year is not high, and from the second year onward the yield will continue to increase. For high and early yields of Chinese lantern, when the seedlings are 10 cm tall, combine thinning with cultivating and weeding. In May-June, apply 20 kg of urea per mu. Pay attention to drainage during the rainy season. During the growth period, spray dwarfing agent twice to prevent excessive growth. Before harvesting the fruit, spray mancozeb twice to prevent leaf spot disease. Spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate twice to promote early ripening and increase yield.
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Cultivation methods and precautions for Chinese lantern Introduction to Chinese lantern
Chinese lantern is mostly a wild plant on mountains. It is a perennial herb of the Solanaceae family, and the fruit is used medicinally. It has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving cough and promoting diuresis. It is mainly produced in the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia. It is lantern-shaped, mostly flattened, 3-4.5 cm long and 2.5-4 cm wide.
The surface of Chinese lantern is orange-red or orange-yellow, with 5 obvious longitudinal ribs, and between the ribs there are reticulate fine vein lines. The apex is gradually pointed, slightly 5-lobed, the base is slightly truncate, and the center is sunken with a fruit stalk. The body is light, the texture is soft and tough, hollow, or contains a brown-red or orange-red fruit. The fruit is spherical, mostly flattened, 1-1.5 cm in diameter, with wrinkled peel and containing many seeds. The odor is slight, the persistent calyx tastes bitter, and the fruit tastes sweet and slightly sour.
Morphological characteristics of Chinese lantern
The whole plant of Chinese lantern is densely covered with short soft hairs and is 25-60 cm tall. The stem is much branched. The leaves are alternate, ovate to ovate-cordate, 4-8 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, with unequal serrations along the margin. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils; the calyx is bell-shaped and 5-lobed; the corolla is bell-shaped, pale yellow, 6-10 mm in diameter, shallowly 5-lobed, with purple markings at the base of the lobes; there are 5 stamens with yellow anthers; the ovary is 2-loculed. The berry is spherical, green, about 1.2 cm in diameter, enclosed by an enlarged green persistent calyx; the persistent calyx is ovate or broadly ovate.
Chinese lantern is an annual herb. The whole plant is densely covered with short soft hairs and is 25-60 cm tall. The stem is much branched. The leaves are alternate, ovate to ovate-cordate, 4-8 cm long and 2-6 cm wide, with unequal serrations along the margin. The flowers are solitary in the leaf axils; the calyx is bell-shaped and 5-lobed; the corolla is bell-shaped, pale yellow, 6-10 mm in diameter, shallowly 5-lobed, with purple markings at the base of the lobes; there are 5 stamens with yellow anthers; the ovary is 2-loculed. The berry is spherical, green, about 1.2 cm in diameter, enclosed by an enlarged green persistent calyx; the persistent calyx is ovate or broadly ovate. It is distributed in most parts of the country.
Harvesting and processing: harvest in autumn when the fruit is ripe and the persistent calyx is red or orange-red, then dry.
Ecological habits of Chinese lantern
Chinese lantern is perennial and not strict about soil. It can grow in ordinary soil and grows well on hillsides, in mountain gullies and on wasteland. Its drought and cold resistance is very strong.
Chinese lantern grows in open, sunny places and abandoned land below 500 m in altitude. The growth period is about 120 days. It has strong adaptability and can be planted in all parts of the country. The temperature requirement is 12°C-30°C. The soil requirement is neutral or weakly acidic to alkaline land rich in organic matter. The light requirement is not strict. In the Chongqing area, for spring planting, seedlings can be raised in small arched sheds in December, transplanted to the field at the end of February {when the temperature steadily exceeds 10 degrees}, harvesting begins in April and is finished by mid-May.
Cultivation techniques for Chinese lantern Cultivation
Chinese lantern is perennial and not strict about soil. It can grow in ordinary soil and grows well on hillsides, in mountain gullies and on wasteland. Its drought and cold resistance is very strong. It is propagated by seed, and can be sown in spring or before the ground freezes. Before sowing, soak the seeds in warm water for 10 hours, remove them, mix them evenly with wet sand, keep them moist, stir once a day, and sow after a few days when some have germinated. Draw furrows 1-1.5 cm deep at a row spacing of 25-30 cm, scatter the seeds in, cover with 1 cm of soil, then water. At a suitable temperature, seedlings emerge in 7-15 days. When Chinese lantern is 10 cm tall, thin to a plant spacing of 15 cm, combine with cultivating and weeding, apply 15-20 kg of urea per mu in June, and pay attention to drainage during the rainy season. Harvesting and processing: in autumn when the fruit turns red it can be harvested. Remove the flesh inside the skin and dry it in the sun; some dry the whole fruit for medicinal use, whichever you choose.
Key cultivation points
Choose good land; orchard hillsides and flat land are both acceptable. In the selected plot, apply 4,000 kg of barnyard manure and 30 kg of compound fertilizer per mu, spread them evenly on the ground, plow and then level to make beds. A bed width of 1 m is best, which is convenient for management and operation. It grows sporadically at field edges, on field ridges, around old house frames and around fences. It has strong adaptability, grows quickly, is easy to cultivate and easy to manage, and one planting can benefit for decades. It is most widely planted in Heilongjiang Province. Chinese lantern sprouts in early May, flowers in mid-June, and the fruit ripens in late September. The plant height is generally about 50 cm. In mid-July it sprouts a large number of suckers, and each cluster bears 5-7 fruits, with 100 fruits weighing 250 grams.
Harvesting and processing
Chinese lantern is harvested in early October, when all the leaves have fallen and only the fruit remains, making picking convenient. During processing, gather the fruit on flat cement ground or asphalt road surface, trample with feet or press with a wooden roller to crush the fruit, squeeze out the water, and dry in the sun, after which it can be sold.
The cost input for artificial cultivation of Chinese lantern is low. A 667 sq m plot uses 500 grams of seed, costing 50 yuan, with labor costing about 40 yuan, for a total input of no more than one hundred yuan. In recent years, the purchase price in Northeast China has been 10-12 yuan per kilogram. A 667 sq m plot yields up to 50 kg of dried product, with an output value of up to one thousand yuan, making it a new wealth-generating project still worthy of development.
Propagation methods of Chinese lantern Seed propagation
For seed propagation, harvest the seeds in October, wash them, and dry them in the shade. Before November 10, soak the seeds indoors in clean water for 24 hours, then remove them and drain off the water. Mix them evenly with fine sand twice the volume of the seeds. The moisture standard is that when squeezed in the hand they form a ball that breaks apart at a touch. Then put them in a breathable bag. Outdoors, choose a spot with high, dry sandy loam soil and dig a pit 30 cm deep. Place the seed bag into the pit and cover the seed bag with 10 cm of soil. After the ground freezes, cover the surface with 10 cm of mulch to delay the rise in early spring soil temperature and prevent the seeds from germinating underground. Remove the mulch 5 days before sowing. When sowing, take out the seeds together with the sand and sow them at the same time. Draw furrows 1-1.5 cm deep at a row spacing of 25-30 cm, scatter the seeds in, cover with fine soil or fine sand 0.8 cm-1 cm, then water. At a suitable temperature, seedlings emerge in 7-15 days. After about 28 days, when the seedlings have 3-4 leaves, they can be transplanted. Use wide ridges with double rows, with a row spacing of 60-70 cm and a plant spacing of 20-25 cm, setting two plants per hole.
In addition, Chinese lantern plants have very strong tillering ability. Starting from the second year of planting, each plant can produce 6-8 suckers from underground, causing soil fertility to decline and poor ventilation. In production, excess suckers are often transplanted during the rainy season, with a very high survival rate, which also lowers costs.
Sowing methods
Chinese lantern is propagated by seed and can be sown in spring or before the ground freezes. Before sowing, soak the seeds in warm water for 10 hours, remove them, mix them evenly with wet sand, keep them moist, stir once a day, and sow after a few days when some have germinated. Draw furrows 1-1.5 cm deep at a row spacing of 25-30 cm, scatter the seeds in, cover with 1 cm of soil, then water. At a suitable temperature, seedlings emerge in 7-15 days. When Chinese lantern is 10 cm tall, thin to a plant spacing of 15 cm, combine with cultivating and weeding, apply 15-20 kg of urea per mu in June, and pay attention to drainage during the rainy season.
Spring sowing, summer sowing and autumn sowing, sowing in autumn and the other two seasons. In production, spring sowing is mostly used. (1) Spring sowing: deep plow the planting plot 30 cm, level it, open furrows at a row spacing of 30 cm and a furrow depth of 1.5 cm, sow at a density of 30 seeds per linear meter, then tread the furrows to press the seeds into the soil, and cover with soil about 1 cm thick. (2) Summer sowing: use idle plots. Before July 25, cut the weeds in the field, mix the seeds with wet sand, and scatter them evenly on the surface by hand (500 grams of seed per 667 sq m), then rake once with an iron rake to a depth of 2-3 cm. By the August rainy season, full seedlings can emerge. (3) Autumn sowing: the method is the same as spring sowing, with the time in October, completed before the ground freezes, but autumn-sown seeds do not need cold treatment.
Field management Chinese lantern management is relatively extensive. During the seedling stage and before flowering, hoe normally 2 times to keep weeds under control. From after flowering to the harvest period, generally no management is needed. Starting from the second year, promptly remove excess suckers. Keep about 50,000 plants per 667 sq m. The yield of Chinese lantern planted in the same year is not high, and from the second year onward the yield will continue to increase. During the growing season no diseases occur at all, so it can be listed as an immune variety.
Rhizome propagation
Sow in late autumn or early spring. Autumn planting gives a higher yield than spring planting. Use 40 kg of seed roots per mu. Before sowing, cut the seed roots into small sections about 3 cun long, each section keeping 2-3 bud eyes, then mix the seed roots with plant ash. In the prepared bed, open furrows 8 cm deep at a row spacing of 30 cm, place the mixed seed roots flat in the furrows, cover with soil, press lightly, and water. At a suitable temperature, seedlings emerge in about 20 days. No thinning is needed in the first year. In the second year, when the seedlings are 10 cm tall, thin to a plant spacing of 15 cm.
For high and early yields, when Chinese lantern seedlings are 10 cm tall, combine thinning with cultivating and weeding. In May-June, apply 20 kg of urea and ?? fertilizer 20 kg per mu. Pay attention to drainage during the rainy season. During the growth period, spray dwarfing agent twice to prevent excessive growth. Before harvesting the fruit, spray mancozeb twice to prevent leaf spot disease. Spray potassium dihydrogen phosphate twice to promote early ripening and increase yield.
Disease and pest control of Chinese lantern
Common pests and diseases of Chinese lantern include aphids or red spider mites harming the stems and leaves, which can be sprayed with 1 jin of dimethoate emulsifiable concentrate mixed with 2000 jin of water. For root rot, irrigate the roots with Bordeaux mixture. Stop using chemicals 15 days before harvest.
Distribution area of Chinese lantern
Chinese lantern is distributed throughout the country, mainly produced in the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia, and resists severe cold and drought.
Chinese lantern is perennial and not strict about soil. It can grow in ordinary soil and grows well on hillsides, in mountain gullies and on wasteland. Its drought and cold resistance is very strong.
Dietary therapy or medicinal value of Chinese lantern
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Medicinal value
Chinese lantern is a perennial herb of the Solanaceae family. The fruit is used medicinally and has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, relieving cough and promoting diuresis.
Chinese lantern is one of the medicinal materials in relatively short supply at home and abroad. The fruit is used as medicine and has functions such as clearing heat and detoxifying, soothing the throat, and resolving phlegm. Wild resources are relatively few, and its economic value is relatively high, so it has long been in a state of supply falling short of demand. Chinese lantern is mainly produced in the three northeastern provinces and Inner Mongolia, and resists severe cold and drought. Even though snow falls heavily and the cold is biting, it turns green and grows again the following spring, bearing many fruits every year. The fruits are red, sweet and sour, and when tender they are a tasty fruit. According to an elderly person in Liaoning, if you catch a cold, eating a few dozen of them can hold it off, and you recover without taking medicine or injections. This shows that its effect on clearing heat and detoxifying is quite ideal, but many people do not know this fruit can be eaten, which is a great development potential. Cultivated Chinese lantern has larger fruits than wild ones, so when planting, cultivated varieties are preferable. In floriculture, this variety is a perennial herbaceous plant with persistent roots. Planted in parks or tourist areas and along roadsides, it stays lush all year round, reaches 1 m tall, has upright stems, blooms in spring and summer, and bears fruit in autumn. It is a good variety for beautifying the environment and protecting the surface and fixing soil.
Chinese lantern is currently distributed throughout the country. If used as a medicinal material, the fruit matures by late autumn. Squeeze out the flesh and dry the outer skin in the sun to obtain the finished product. It has strong adaptability and can be planted on hillsides, wasteland, grassland and hills, and survives for many years. If planted on plains, the yield is higher. It generally yields 70-120 kg per mu, with a market price of 30-38 yuan/kg, and it can be picked every year for a harvest every year. If sold as fruit, the benefit is even higher. On plains, 1.5 kg of seed is used per mu; in mountainous areas, 2 kg of seed is broadcast per mu.
Harvesting and processing
Harvest in autumn when the fruit is ripe and the persistent calyx is red or orange-red, then dry.
Characters
The persistent calyx is slightly lantern-shaped, mostly flattened, 3-4.5 cm long and 2.5-4 cm wide. The surface is orange-red or orange-yellow, with 5 obvious longitudinal ribs, and between the ribs there are reticulate fine vein lines. The apex is gradually pointed, the base is slightly truncate, and the center is sunken with a fruit stalk. The body is light, the texture is soft and tough, hollow, or contains a brown-red or orange-red fruit. The fruit is spherical, mostly flattened, 1-5 cm in diameter, with wrinkled peel and containing many seeds. The persistent calyx tastes bitter, and the fruit tastes sweet and slightly sour.
Chemical composition
The berry contains physanol A and B; the seeds contain gramisterol, obtusifoliol, cycloartanol, cycloartenol and other chemical components.
Nature and flavor
Cold in nature, bitter in taste.
Functions and indications
Clears heat and detoxifies, soothes the throat, resolves phlegm, promotes diuresis, and soothes the liver. Mainly treats stagnation of liver qi, nephritis, hepatitis; scurvy, phlegm-heat cough.
Identification
Take 1 g of the powder of this product, add 10 ml of petroleum ether (30-60°C), soak for 15 minutes, discard the petroleum ether liquid, evaporate the residue to dryness, add 10 ml of chloroform, soak for 30 minutes with frequent shaking, filter, and concentrate the filtrate to 1 ml as the test solution. Separately take 1 g of Chinese lantern reference medicinal material and prepare a reference medicinal material solution by the same method. According to the thin-layer chromatography method (Appendix VI B), draw 10-15 μl each of the above two solutions and spot them separately on the same silica gel G thin-layer plate, use petroleum ether (60-90°C)-acetone (20:1) as the developing solvent, develop, remove, and dry. In the chromatogram of the test solution, at the position corresponding to the chromatogram of the reference medicinal material, the same orange-yellow main spot is shown.
Medical proven prescriptions
Grind Chinese lantern herb into powder and take it with boiled water, while applying the medicinal powder mixed with vinegar externally to the throat. This can treat heat cough and sore throat. This prescription is called "Qingxin Pill."
Apply Chinese lantern leaves to sores to treat hemorrhoids.
Take 5 liang of Chinese lantern fruit, 3 liang of amaranth seed, 2 liang each of fried Chinese iris seed and fried large-leaf Ailanthus bark, and 1 liang each of Bupleurum, Scutellaria, Trichosanthes root and Ruellia. Grind them together into powder, add refined honey and make pills the size of Chinese parasol seeds. Take 30 pills each time with costus root soup. This can treat latent heat in the stomach and intestines.
Mash fresh Chinese lantern fruit and apply externally, or grind dried fruit into powder and mix with oil for external application. This can treat pemphigus.
Take 5 Chinese lantern fruits, 4 slices of papaya, 10 jujubes and 2 plantain herbs, decoct in water, 1 dose per day for 7 consecutive days, then change to 1 dose every other day. This treats chronic nephritis, and generally about 20 doses can cure it.
The water extract of Chinese lantern fruit has anticancer effects and inhibits the growth of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma in mice; its fresh fruit juice inhibits Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and others; it also inhibits hepatitis B virus surface antigen. In addition, the ether-soluble and water-soluble components of this product both strengthen the contraction of frog hearts and can cause slight vasoconstriction and a rise in blood pressure.
Functions and uses of Chinese lantern Utilization value
Chinese lantern is a perennial herbaceous plant with persistent roots of the genus Physalis in the Solanaceae family. Its fruit is used for food. The ripe fruit is sweet and fragrant and is a relatively nutritious fruit vegetable. The berry is rich in vitamin C. The green fruit tastes sour or bitter. It has a certain therapeutic effect on aplastic anemia and clears heat and promotes diuresis. External application can reduce inflammation, and the whole plant can be made into an insecticide.
Chinese lantern can be used both medicinally and as a vegetable, and can also be planted as an ornamental plant. Under greenhouse cultivation, the plant height is 80-100 cm. The root system is developed, the green leaves are lush, and the ability to produce adventitious roots is strong. The stem grows upright, the leaves are ovate with serrated notches along the margin, and the simple leaves are alternate. The flowers are solitary, bell-shaped, complete, white-yellow, with 5 stamens and 5 sepals each. The sepals are short and small during the growth period, delicate and elegant. Potted indoors, it looks full of vitality and can also set off the owner's elegant sentiments. After flowering, it gradually expands into a lantern-shaped covering that wraps the fruit. When mature, it looks like bright orange-red lanterns hanging on the whole plant, and also like festive canopies magically hanging on the tree. Tear open the canopy, and a small "red maiden" sits peacefully inside, just like a gentle bride waiting for the groom to enter the room. This lovely "bride" is the Chinese lantern fruit. The Chinese lantern fruit is spherical. When unripe, both the "canopy" and the "bride" are green. When ripe, it becomes a golden-yellow berry, sometimes red, 1.5-2.0 cm in diameter, with a single fruit weight of 7-10 grams, sweet and sticky in taste. The seeds have endosperm, each fruit contains 90-160 seeds, and the 1000-seed weight is about 1.0 gram. The lifespan of a Chinese lantern plant is generally 8 years.
The mineral elements and vitamin content per 100 grams of fresh fruit are: β-carotene 0.22 mg, vitamin C 26-30 mg, vitamin E 2.20 mg, potassium 190.5 mg, magnesium 11.42 mg, phosphorus 45.58 mg, copper 0.119 mg, iron 0.627 mg, zinc 0.24 mg, manganese 0.113 mg, and it also contains substances such as physalin. It tastes sweet and slightly sour and has effects such as clearing heat and detoxifying and promoting diuresis. The stems and leaves of Physalis contain physalin, luteolin and abundant vitamin C, taste bitter and cold, and are non-toxic.
As a traditional Chinese medicine, the Chinese lantern plant contains physanol A and B; the seeds contain gramisterol, obtusifoliol, cycloartanol, cycloartenol and other chemical components. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It mainly treats lung heat and sore throat, lung disease, mumps, heat hernia and bloody strangury; externally it treats skin sores and swelling, pemphigus and swollen and painful gums. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, soothing the throat, resolving phlegm and promoting diuresis. The seedlings, leaves, stems and roots can all be used as medicine, and are bitter, cold and non-toxic. The seedlings, leaves and stems contain physalin A 0.02%, B 0.002%, and C (deoxyphysalin A). They taste sour and bitter, are cold in nature, and have the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying and promoting diuresis. They can treat cough, jaundice, malaria, edema, boils, erysipelas and so on. Dosage 6-9 g. The root tastes bitter and is cold in nature, and has the functions of clearing heat and promoting water metabolism. It can treat malaria, jaundice and hernia. Dosage 3-6 g. The seed is sour, neutral and non-toxic. The enlarged persistent calyx can be used as medicine and has the effects of cooling, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and promoting diuresis. The whole herb has a purgative effect and treats gout, but it has the drawback of causing abortion, so pregnant women should avoid using it.
The fruit tastes sweet and sour with a slight bitterness, and the peel tastes extremely bitter. Both can be used as medicine. Chinese lantern fruit is called "Laozi" in traditional Chinese medicine. It can clear heat and detoxify, clear phlegm and relieve cough, and treat chronic bronchitis. Long-term consumption can prevent and treat diabetes, making it a special fruit for diabetic patients. It is an emerging fruit that combines dietary therapy, medicinal use and health care. In addition, because it is rich in vitamins and various trace elements, the fruit contains protein 0.7-1.0 g, fat 0.2 g, carbohydrates 2.6-3.2 g, crude fiber 1.1 g, calcium 18-22 mg, phosphorus 19-32 mg, and contains charantin, which has a very good therapeutic effect on diabetes. Medical scientists at home and abroad have found that Chinese lantern has potential medicinal value in the prevention and treatment of AIDS, cancer and diabetes: a. American scientists found that Chinese lantern contains Chinese lantern protein MAP30, which can resist HIV. It can prevent the synthesis of HIV DNA and inhibit AIDS infection. b. Scientists at Kansas State University in the United States conducted research and analysis on the protein of Chinese lantern and found that Chinese lantern contains one or more proteins with obvious anticancer physiological activity. This protein can stimulate the defensive function of the body's immune system and enhance immune cells' ability to "eat" carcinogens. Medical scientists in Taiwan, China extracted an organic substance of the protein type from Chinese lantern seeds -- Chinese lanternin -- which can inhibit the protease secreted by malignant tumor cells and prevent the growth and spread of cancer cells. c. Indian scientists discovered "polypeptide-P," an insulin-like substance, in Chinese lantern, which is as effective as insulin in treating diabetes. After long-term research and experiments, medical workers at Xi'an Medical University extracted, separated, purified and crystallized insulin-like substances from Chinese lantern. Through pathological model animal tests, they confirmed that it can restore blood sugar in severely diabetic animals to normal.
Cultural background of Chinese lantern Documentary records
[Identification] Take 0.5 g of the powder of this product, add 5 ml of methanol, treat with ultrasound for 10 minutes, cool, filter, and use the filtrate as the test solution. Separately take 0.5 g of Chinese lantern reference medicinal material and prepare a reference medicinal material solution by the same method. Then take physalin L reference substance and add dichloromethane to make a solution containing 1 mg per 1 ml as the reference substance solution. According to the thin-layer chromatography method (Appendix VI B), draw 15 μl each of the test solution and the reference medicinal material solution, and 2 μl of the reference substance solution, spot them separately on the same high-performance silica gel G thin-layer plate, use chloroform-acetone-methanol (25:1:1) as the developing solvent, develop, remove, dry, spray with 5% sulfuric acid ethanol solution, heat at 105°C until the spots are clearly colored, and examine under ultraviolet light (365 nm). In the chromatogram of the test solution, at the positions corresponding to the chromatograms of the reference medicinal material and the reference substance, spots of the same color are shown.
[Inspection] Moisture must not exceed 10.0% (Appendix IX H, Method 1).
[Content determination] Determine according to the high-performance liquid chromatography method (Appendix VI D).
Chromatographic conditions and system suitability test Use octadecylsilane bonded silica gel as the filler; use acetonitrile-0.2% phosphoric acid solution (20:80) as the mobile phase; the detection wavelength is 350 nm. The number of theoretical plates calculated on the luteoloside peak should not be less than 3000.
Preparation of the reference substance solution Accurately weigh an appropriate amount of luteoloside reference substance, add methanol to make a solution containing 40 μg per 1 ml, and it is ready.
Preparation of the test solution Take about 0.4 g of the powder of this product (passed through No. 3 sieve), accurately weigh it, place it in a stoppered conical flask, accurately add 20 ml of 70% methanol, stopper tightly, weigh, treat with ultrasound (power 250 W, frequency 40 kHz) for 1 hour, cool, make up for the lost weight with 70% methanol, filter, and take the subsequent filtrate, and it is ready.
Determination method Accurately draw 20 μl each of the reference substance solution and the test solution, inject into the liquid chromatograph, determine, and it is ready.
Calculated on the dried product, this product contains not less than 0.10% luteoloside (C21H20O11).
Textual research on ancient books
From Shennong Bencao Jing; 1. Bielu: "Physalis grows in the rivers and marshes of Jing and Chu and in people's fields and gardens. Collected in May, dried in the shade." 2. Tao Hongjing: "Physalis is abundant in people's homes everywhere. The leaves can also be eaten. The fruit forms a husk, and inside the husk there are seeds, as large as plums or large jujubes, all yellow-red." 3. Tang Bencao: "Denglongcao grows wherever there is land. Collected in August. The branches and stems are three to four chi tall, with flowers, red in color, shaped like lanterns, containing seeds, lovely red. The root, stem, flower and leaf are all used as medicine." 4. Mengxi Bitan: "Kudan is the physalis of the materia medica. In the Hexi frontier regions, physalis can reach over a zhang in size." 5. Bencao Yanyi: "Physalis exists everywhere in the world today. The seedlings are like Tianqiezi, bearing small white flowers, forming green husks, which turn deep red when ripe. The seeds inside the husk are as large as cherries and also red, and inside the cherry there are again fine seeds, like the seeds of Luosu, which have a grassy smell when eaten. This is Kudan." 6. Gangmu: "Longkui and physalis have the same seedling and leaves, but the stem of Longkui is smooth and hairless. In autumn it opens small white flowers, with five petals and yellow stamens, and bears seeds without a husk, many fruits clustered on the same spindle, and the seeds have a cap, green when fresh and purple-black when ripe; its physalis at the same time opens small flowers, yellow-white, with a purple center and white stamens, and its flower is cup-shaped, without petals but with five points, forming one bell-shaped husk, always with five ribs, one fruit per branch, hanging downward like a lantern, with one seed inside the husk, shaped like a Longkui seed, green when fresh and red when ripe. By this they are distinguished, and it becomes clear. According to Gengxin Yuce, Denglongcao grows in all four directions, but those in Sichuan and Shaanxi are the largest. The leaves resemble Longkui and can be eaten when tender. It flowers and bears fruit in the fourth and fifth months, with four leaves, and when filled it is like a lantern. In Hebei it is called physalis. Based on this and Yang Shen's statement, then Denglong and physalis being one and the same thing can be especially proven." Nature, flavor and meridians
Sour and bitter, cold. 1. Benjing: "Sour in taste, neutral." 2. Bielu: "Cold, non-toxic." 3. Tang Bencao: "Bitter in taste, very cold, non-toxic." 1. Depei Bencao: "Enters the qi aspect of the Hand Taiyin meridian." 2. Mindong Bencao: "Enters the lung and spleen meridians." Knowledge expansion
Suanjiangcai (alias) Lutiye, perennial herb, 15-40 cm tall. Stem upright. Basal leaves have long petioles; leaf blades reniform or nearly circular, 1.5-3 cm long and 2-4 cm wide, apex rounded and obtuse, base broadly cordate, entire, hairless; leaves on the stem usually reduced, with only a membranous ochrea remaining, sometimes with 1-2 small leaves. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal, 10-20 cm long; pedicels slender, with a joint in the middle-lower part; flowers bisexual, 2-6 clustered in a membranous bract, pale green; perianth 4-parted, in 2 whorls, the inner whorl perianth segments slightly enlarged in fruit, obovate, the outer whorl perianth segments smaller; stamens 6, nearly as long as the perianth segments; styles 2, stigmas penicillate, curved to both sides. Achene flat, with membranous wings along the margin, apex sunken, wings pale red. Flowering and fruiting period June-August. Ecological environment: grows on hillside grassland or valleys in alpine areas. [Chemical composition] The aboveground part of Suanjiangcai contains a large amount of caffeic acid and a small amount of chlorogenic acid, abundant vitamin C and carotene, and the rhizome contains a large amount of tannins. [Nature and flavor] Sour in taste; cool in nature [Meridians] Liver meridian
Storage
Keep in a ventilated and dry place, protect from moths.
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How is Chinese lantern planted? When does it bear fruit?
Chinese lantern can be used both medicinally and as a vegetable, and can also be planted as an ornamental plant. So when does Chinese lantern flower and bear fruit? Below, the editor will introduce the flowering and fruiting period of Chinese lantern.
Chinese lantern is most widely planted in Heilongjiang Province. Chinese lantern sprouts in early May, flowers in mid-June, and the fruit ripens in late September. The plant height is generally about 50 cm. In mid-July it sprouts a large number of suckers, and each cluster bears 5-7 fruits, with 100 fruits weighing 250 grams.
Under greenhouse cultivation, the plant height is 80-100 cm. The root system is developed, the green leaves are lush, and the ability to produce adventitious roots is strong. The stem grows upright, the leaves are ovate with serrated notches along the margin, and the simple leaves are alternate. The flowers are solitary, bell-shaped, complete, white-yellow, with 5 stamens and 5 sepals each. The sepals are short and small during the growth period, delicate and elegant. Potted indoors, it looks full of vitality and can also set off the owner's elegant sentiments.
After flowering, it gradually expands into a lantern-shaped covering that wraps the fruit. When mature, it looks like bright orange-red lanterns hanging on the whole plant, and also like festive canopies magically hanging on the tree. Tear open the canopy, and a small "red maiden" sits peacefully inside, just like a gentle bride waiting for the groom to enter the room. This lovely "bride" is the Chinese lantern fruit.
The Chinese lantern fruit is spherical. When unripe, both the "canopy" and the "bride" are green. When ripe, it becomes a golden-yellow berry, sometimes red, 1.5-2.0 cm in diameter, with a single fruit weight of 7-10 grams, sweet and sticky in taste. The seeds have endosperm, each fruit contains 90-160 seeds, and the 1000-seed weight is about 1.0 gram. The lifespan of a Chinese lantern plant is generally 8 years.
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