50 grams of fresh leaves and tips of the Chinese herb Pulmonaria officinalis are chopped with a knife and mixed with one egg. Add a little salt and stir-fry in a pan with vegetable oil. After it is cooked, it can be eaten. This can treat coughs. As we know, there are many types of Chinese herbs, and Pulmonaria officinalis is one of them. What are the other medicinal uses of Pulmonaria officinalis?
Pulmonaria officinalis, a Chinese herb, can clear heat, nourish the lungs, reduce swelling, and relieve pain. It can be used to treat pulmonary tuberculosis, parotitis, lymphadenitis, pharyngitis, leukorrhea, hot and toxic sores, and injuries from falls and blows.
Pulmonaria officinalis is a perennial herb called Tuge Mei Hua Cao in Chinese. It grows 10-45 cm tall. The basal leaves are thick and papery, kidney-shaped or heart-shaped, measuring 2.5-6 cm in length. The petioles can grow up to 16 cm long. There is one stem leaf, which is round, heart-shaped at the base, and clasps the stem, with an entire margin.
The flowers are white, solitary at the top of the stem. There are 5 sepals, ovate or broadly ovate, with blunt rounded tips. There are 5 petals, spoon-shaped, inversely ovate, or inversely lanceolate, reaching up to 2.5 cm in length, with entire margins. Sometimes, the lower or basal parts have sparsely ciliate split ends.
There are 5 stamens, alternating with the petals. The anthers have a brown stigma and extend above the anthers in a diamond shape. The middle and upper parts of the stamens above 3 degenerate stamens are deeply divided. The ovary is superior, with 3 fused carpels, and the style is slightly longer than the ovary, with a 3-lobed stigma. The fruit is ellipsoid.
The flowering and fruiting period is from June to September.
It grows on mountain slopes, forest edges, under forests, or on grassy slopes. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Henan, and other provinces in China.
