Introduction: The flower resembles a cat’s claws, commonly known as “rat flower”, but it is rare nowadays, have you seen it?
When I was a child, I often heard the older generation say: “Relying on the mountains to eat the mountains, leaning on the sea to eat the sea, leaning on the countryside to eat weeds”. These weeds all have their own value. In the past when there was a shortage of doctors and medicines, these fresh herbs were used to prevent and cure diseases.
Like plantain, beef tendon, motherwort, collapsible big bowl, ghost needle grass, verbena, money grass, charcoal mother, houttuynia cordata, goose does not eat grass These are common weeds for farmers, and they are also Chinese herbal medicines with excellent efficacy, which have helped many people in their lives.
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The plant I share with you today has helped many people in the past. It is an extremely rare wild plant. Its flowers are like cat’s claws. Many people call it Cat’s paw flower, but people prefer to call it “rat flower”.
Actually, its scientific name is the legendary Pulsatilla, also known as Pulsatilla, Laogucao, Milkweed, Naihecao, Laowenhua, Baitou Gong, Laoguanhua, etc. Alias, more common in fields, hills, barren slopes, grasses, etc., it is a perennial herb of the family Pulsataceae.
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Why is it called Pulsatilla? Because what it sees after the flower falls is a white hairball, shaped like a head, and the flower falls into a white head, hence the strange name of the Pulsatilla.
The whole plant of Pulsatilla is fluffy, very peculiar. Its flowers are blue-purple, especially beautiful when it blooms, and has high ornamental value, even in the flowering period. After withering, it also has a certain ornamental value.
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At the same time, Pulsatilla also has certain medicinal value. It is a common Chinese herbal medicine. It has certain curative effects on dysentery, hemorrhoids, blood hemorrhoids, vaginal itching, blood dysentery with heat toxin, epistaxis, insect bites, rheumatic arthralgia and other diseases.
Due to the high value of the roots of Pulsatilla, everyone is rushing to dig it. Now the wild Pulsatilla has almost been excavated, and it is rare now, and it is difficult to see it If you are fortunate enough to meet on the mountain, it is a blessing, and you can’t find it.