Lungwort, also known as Plum blossom grass or White side ear, is the whole plant of the plant Pulmonaria angustifolia in the family Boraginaceae. Lungwort is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Shaanxi, Henan and other provinces in China. So how can lungwort be consumed for the best effect?
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[How to Consume Lungwort for the Best Effect?]
1. Lungwort can be stewed with meat to clear lung heat. It can be paired with ingredients such as pears, black fungus, soy milk, honey, and carrots. Clear lung pear: it can generate fluids, quench thirst, clear heat, and stop coughing, etc.
One method is to hollow out the inside of the pear and fill it with ingredients such as Fritillaria cirrhosa, rock sugar, and honey for cooking. Another method is to cut it into pieces with the skin intact, put it in a bowl and steam it. It is best to add rock sugar to the bowl, and after it is cooked, mix in honey and eat it while it's hot for the best effect.
2. Lungwort can be combined with Chinese dates to stop coughing. Remember to drink plenty of water. You can also consume Fritillaria cirrhosa or cough medicine.
Stewed chicken with lungwort is rich in nutrients during pregnancy, and it is recommended to consume more vegetables and fruits. Moneywort can be used together with lungwort, as it can clear heat and detoxify. However, spicy food should be avoided, and it should not be used together with heart disease.
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[Lungwort Morphology]
Lungwort is a perennial herb, 10-45 cm tall. The basal leaves are thick and papery, kidney-shaped or heart-shaped, 2.5-6 cm long; petioles can grow up to 16 cm long; stems have one leaf, which is round, heart-shaped at the base, and clasps the stem, with entire margins. The flowers are white, solitary at the top of the stem; sepals 5, ovate or broadly ovate, blunt and rounded at the apex.
The petals are 5, spoon-shaped, inverted ovate, or inverted lanceolate, up to 2.5 cm long, with entire margins, sometimes sparse ciliate or finely divided at the lower or basal part; stamens 5, opposite to the petals, the anthers are brown, diamond-shaped and protrude above the stamens, with the middle and upper part of the degenerate stamens deeply divided into 3.
The ovary is superior, with 3 connate carpels, the style slightly longer than the ovary, and the stigma 3-lobed. The fruit is ellipsoid. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to September.
