Notoginseng Alias: Hua Kai Notoginseng, Ginseng Notoginseng, Tianqi, Jin Buhuan.
Plant morphology is perennial herb, up to 60cm.
The rhizome is short, the stem is erect, smooth and hairless.
Palmately compound leaves, long stalk, 3-4 rounds at the top of the stem; Leaflets 3-7, ovoid or oblong-obovate, with serrated edges.
The umbel is terminal, and the peduncle is drawn from the center of the top of the stem, which is 20 ~ 30cm long.
Flowers are small and yellow-green; Calyx 5-lobed; Petals and stamens are both 5.
Drupe berry-shaped, nearly kidney-shaped, red at maturity.
Seeds 1 ~ 3, oblate.
The flowering period is June-August, and the fruiting period is 8-65438+1October.
Notoginseng, also known as Tianqi, is a plant of Araliaceae in Umbelliferae, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Sichuan and other places.
Panax notoginseng, a Chinese herbal medicine, takes its roots as medicinal parts, which has the effects of removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and relieving pain.
Indications: hemoptysis, hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, traumatic hemorrhage, chest and abdomen tingling, and swelling and pain caused by falling down.
Panax notoginseng is one of the 40 traditional precious Chinese herbal medicines, which has been used for more than 400 years and enjoys a long-standing reputation at home and abroad. Sanqi has been known as a "hemostatic" since ancient times.
Because of the unique and obvious efficacy of Panax notoginseng, its use is expanding, and the consumption of health care, chemical industry and medical treatment is rising, especially when China enters a period of high incidence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, related research and development products emerge one after another, and the demand is huge. Guangxi Wuzhou Tianqi Toothpaste, Yunnan Baiyao Group, Tianjin Tasly, Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain, Yuxi Weiwei, Zhenbaodao Pharmaceutical, Shanghai Huayu and other enterprises. They are all big user representatives of Sanqi.
The annual demand is close to 8000 tons, and consumption is still on the rise.