The grass coral to be introduced today is also called elderberry orchid, swollen knot wind, full of mountain incense, nine knot orchid, knot bone tea, etc., it is a kind of shrub plant distributed in Anhui, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan and other regions of China. As a valuable folk herb with high medicinal, edible and ornamental value, let's take a look at the charm of grass corals today!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the all-popular toothpaste "representative"</h1>
What many people don't know is that as early as the late 1980s and early 1990s, the name "grass coral" can almost be regarded as a famous brand in Jiangxi. Although there are not many industrial products in Jiangxi that can be loudly in the country, in addition to the Ganxin TV that once ranked among the top five in the country, the ointments and lozenges with grass salamander as raw material are well-known, so it is not too much to call "grass salamander" the pride of Jiangxi people.
At that time, grass coral toothpaste was all the rage, which could be regarded as the light of domestic products, and almost became synonymous with domestic toothpaste, and the status of old national toothpaste such as two-sided needles was comparable.
In addition to the dominance of grass butterfly toothpaste in the Chinese toothpaste market, the compound grass coral lozenge launched in 1990 is also very powerful.
This compound grass coral lozenge also gives way to the small school-run factory of Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical Factory, to achieve rapid rocket-like speed and rapid development. In just one year, the company entered the seventh place in the country in 1993, and a year later, in 1994, the company entered the list of "the country's 500 largest industrial enterprises" and grew into a modern pharmaceutical giant in one fell swoop.
The small handful of grass not only brought huge economic benefits to the enterprise, but also greatly revitalized the reputation of Jiangxi, becoming the focus of the country's attention in both the economic field and culture at that time.
It was also because the reputation of caoshan butterfly was too big, at that time, Xinhua News Agency reporters Shi Baohua and Yang Jian also wrote an in-depth report entitled "A 'grass' in Jiangxi -- dialysis of the 'grass coral phenomenon'" for Caoshan butterfly, and asked everyone whether Caoshan butterfly was a cow or not, and became a "star" in the newspaper.
After the reform and opening up, China's market door is open, many foreign-funded enterprises rush into the country, many "foreign products" are also flooded with China's market, which also makes our national brand have been impacted, so now we can rarely see the figure of Grass Shan Butterfly Toothpaste in the market.
But thankfully, grass butterfly lozenges are still "active" in the market. In today's worrying air quality, grass butterfly lozenges are still a common medicine around us, and two tablets can be taken when the throat is uncomfortable.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > another name story</h1>
There is a passage in the "Huainanzi Cultivation Training": "Shennong tasted the taste of a hundred herbs, and the sweetness and bitterness of the water spring made the people know and avoid it, and at this time, they encountered seventy poisons in one day." In Sima Qian's "Records of history and supplementation of the Three Emperors", there is also a certain description of this: "Shennong clan used ochre whiplash to whip grass and wood, first tasted hundreds of herbs, and began to have medicine." "Shennong whipped some grasses and trees with an ochre whip, and tasted the medicinal effects of various grasses for the first time, which led to today's medicine.
Since ancient times, our ancestors have gradually learned about the possible effects of certain animals and plants on the human body through contact in the process of life and production, in the process of feeding plants and hunting. Of course, in this process, it is inevitable to cause some kind of reaction or poisoning, and even seriously cause death, so in the early days, the ancestors knew how to distinguish and choose the food they were looking for.
To know the other skills of the grass salamander, we must also mention its other nickname "swollen knot", which is the professional name of the grass salamander, and it is also commonly used in pharmaceutical texts.
The stems and branches of the grass salamander have expanded knots, which are very similar to bamboo, and because of this, it is named "swollen knot wind", and the folk also give the grass salamander a lot of aliases, such as swollen knot wind, knot bone tea, nine knot wind, nine knot tea, nine knot orchid, nine knot flower, bamboo knot tea, etc., are taken because of this feature.
In addition, the grass salamander is also called "bone wood", according to the Qing Dynasty Wu Qitao's botanical masterpiece "Botanical Names and Real Tu Kao" record: "Elderberry, Jiangxi Guangxin has it." The green stems are rounded and resemble cow's knees. The leaves are internodal, a few or two inches long, with thinly veined round teeth and pointed ends. With the effect of bone grafting, hence the name. Tang Bencao has elderberry, which is different in shape. ”
Whether it is a grass salamander or a swollen salvia, there are many unknown stories behind a drug name, although we cannot explore how the ancestors discovered the medicinal effects of grass salamander, but we can understand such a truth: drugs originated from production labor, and the discovery of drugs is also a difficult process.
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > to rediscover the beauty of grass corals</h1>
The greenery is full of flowers and the fragrance of flowers is pleasant.
Red beads fill the trees, and blessings greet the door.
In addition to being a well-known Chinese herbal medicine, grass coral is also a very typical fruit-viewing plant, the most eye-catching of which is the jewel-like fruit of the grass butterfly. The fruit of the grass butterfly is red and yellow, of which red is the most common. Because when the red fruit is ripe, it is as bright and dazzling as a coral gemstone, and it is particularly prominent in the green leaf bushes, and the name "grass coral" also comes from this saying.
Through the skillful hands of gardeners, grass corals immediately transform into cute grass coral bonsai. In spring and summer, the green and floral grass corals will give people a pleasing natural beauty. In the autumn and winter of August, the fruit period of grass corals is ushered in, the stone fruits are spherical, bright red when ripe, and the red beads are full of trees, showing a sense of auspicious wealth.
It can be said that the fruit is more eye-catching and more beautiful than the flower, and the pearly and jade, exquisite red fruit all reveals the joy of the harvest and the festive atmosphere, which is mouth-watering, stop to watch, and can't stop.
Whether it is a grass butterfly or a swollen knotweed, elderberry, the same plant has a different name, the story behind this is very worthy of our discovery and exploration, which is the charm brought by Chinese herbal medicine.
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