Gromwell Root origins,application and research.

Contents

• Gromwell Root Botanical Info.
• Plant Description and Resource Condtions.
• Gromwell Root Identification.
• Constituents and Phytochemicals of Gromwell Root.
• Gromwell Root Preparation Method and Character Note.
• Archeology of Origin and Ancient Books Note:Gromwell Root.
• Gromwell Root Application and Administrations.
• Gromwell root Pharmacological Effects.
• Clinical Data and Report of Gromwell root applications.
• Research Update:Gromwell root.

Plant Description and Resource Condtions.:

Perennial herb growing to 0.7m by 0.3m, crouched with thick hairs.thick root, conical, purple dry stem. Vertical stems,upper part sticks. leaf cross, lanceolate, 4.5 to 8 cm long, 1 to 2 cm wide, non-stalk or stalk. Calyx segment linear; Corolla white, and 6 to 8 mm long, throat five scales. Small oval nuts, about 3 mm, gray, smooth. May to June flowering,fruit July to August,and the seeds ripen from July to September.The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs).The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It requires moist soil.

 Habitat:Spread in barren hills and fields,roadside and dry rocky bush of slope. Distribution to provinces including Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Guangxi, Guizhou, Jiangsu, and other. Arnenia euchroma (Royle) Johnst mainly available from Xinjiang, Tibet, Gansu provinces. Onosma paniculatum Bur. Et Franch available from Yunnan and Tibet, Sichuan, Guizhou province.
 

 Resource Condtiions:

 Boraginaceae family Perennial medicinal herbs,in the Compendium of Materia Medica(Ben Cao Gang Mu) it is noted to alleviate cooling blood, clear heat and detoxifying, such as broad-spectrum efficacy was classified as top grade (root medicine),depletion supply for wild resource nearly extinct.In late 20th century the early 1990s,local scientists have carried out artificial cultivation,it has been successful. Modern scientific research found that the highest value of this herb reserved in roots and seeds.

 Cultivation details:Requires a warm sunny position in a moderately fertile well-drained soil. Prefers a neutral to alkaline soil and also succeeds in partial shade. Plants are hardy to at least -15.

 Propagation:Seed - sow spring or autumn in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Cuttings. Division in the autumn.

Reference:

• 1.Gromwell Root origins,application and research.

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♣ last edit date:27th,Oct.2010.