Preface

Golden Flower, Chinese name: lateral calendula (scientific name: Adnisamurensis RegeletRadde) is a perennial herb of the Rabbitaceae family, a genus of the lateral calendula.

The rhizosphere is short and thick, hairless or has sparse and pubic hairs on the top, non-branched or sometimes branched, with several membranous scales at the base.

The leaves grow after the flower, and the leaves at the lower part of the stem have long stems and are hairless; the leaves are triangular, with sepals often light gray-purple, oblong or obovate oblong, equal or slightly longer than the petals, yellow petals, obovate oblong or narrow obovate, with short pubic hairs, lean fruit obovate, and bloom from March to April.

Distributed in Liaoning, Jilin and eastern Heilongjiang, China.It also exists in North Korea, Japan and the Soviet Union's Far East.

Raw hillside meadow or under forest.

This root and whole herb contain cardiac glycosides, cannabinoids, fusa toxic glycosides and other compounds. It is toxic and can also be used for medicinal use.

The whole herb of lateral calendula contains a variety of components of cardiac glycosides and non-cardiac glycosides, which are found in the pharmacopoeia of many countries.

Traditional Chinese medicine calls it Fushou grass.

It has the functions of strengthening the heart, diuresis, sedation and slowing the heart rate, which can reduce the excitability of the nervous system and hyperspinal reflex function, and is used in acute diseases and chronic cardiac insufficiency.

It is mainly used to treat congestive heart failure, cardiac edema and atrial fibrillation. The combination with silver bromide can enhance the therapeutic effect on epilepsy.

Japanese and Canadian merchants buy this flower from China every fall for drug extraction.

(The above entry information comes from Baidu Encyclopedia)