Pulsatilla chinensis is A greedy plant, inhibiting the growth of nearby plants, especially legumes,but a useful root with nickname White Haired Old Man.
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- Basic Botanical Info of Pulsatilla Root.
- Pulsatilla Root Physical Characteristics.
- Constituents and Phytochemicals of Pulsatilla Root.
- Pulsatilla Root Medicinal Uses.
- Functions of Pulsaiilla Root.
- Pulsatilla Root Indications and Combinations.
- Research Update:Chinese Pulsatilla Root.Pulsatilla chinensis.
Pulsatilla Root Physical Characteristics.:
Subcylindrical or conical, slightly tortuous, 6-20 cm long, 0.5-2 cm in diameter. Externally yellowish-brown or brown, irregularly and longitudinally wrinkled or furrowed, bark easily exfoliated, the exposed wood yellow, some exhibiting reticulate fissures and cracks, usually with decayed depressed holes near root stock. Root stock slightly swollen, white-tomentose, some showing sheathlike pedicel bases. Texture hard and, fracture yellowish-white or pale yellowish-brown in bark and pale yellow in wood. Odour, slight; taste, slightly bitter and astringent.
The plant prefers light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and requires well-drained soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils and can grow in very alkaline soil. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires moist soil.
Habitat:Pulsatilla chinensis mainly output from Baoxing of Sichua,north of Hu Bei,Jiang Su,An Hui,He Nan,South of Gan Su,ShanXi,Shan Dong,He Bei,Nei Meng Gu,Liao Ning,Ji Lin,Hei Long Jiang of China.North Korea and Far east siberian area of Russia.
Anemone pulsatilla.Pasque Flower. Wind Flower. Meadow Anemone. Passe Flower. Easter Flower. Part Used:Whole herb
Anemone pulsatilla is found not in woods, but in open situations. It grows wild in the dry soils of almost every Central and Northern country of Europe, but in England is rather a local plant, abounding on high chalk downs and limestone pastures, mostly in Yorkshire, Berkshire, Oxford and Suffolk, but seldom found in other situations and other districts in this country.
The drug Pulsatilla, which is of highly valuable modern curative use as a herbal simple, is obtained not only from the whole herb of A. pulsatilla, but also from A. pratensis, the Meadow Anemone, which is closely allied to the Pasque Flower, differing chiefly in having smaller flowers with deeper purple sepals, inflexed at the top. It grows in Denmark, Germany and Italy, but not in England. It is recommended for certain diseases of the eye, like Pulsatilla, and is used in homoeopathy, but has been considered somewhat dangerous. The whole plant has a strong acrid taste, but is eaten by both sheep and goats, though cows and horses will not touch it. The leaves when bruised and applied to the skin raise blisters. A. patens, var. Nutalliana is also used for the same purpose as A. pulsatilla.
In each case, the whole herb is collected, soon after flowering, and should be carefully preserved when dried; it deteriorates if kept longer than one year.
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