蒲公英

 

Class and Class No. 3A (2)
Name Chan Hoi Yiu
Year: 2017-2018

 

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Chinese name: 蒲公
Family Name (科名): Compositae
Scientific name (學名): Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.
Common name (俗名): Mongolian Dandelion Herb  黃花地

 

習性:

平原及溫帶地區

 

Growth habit:

Uplands and temperate zone

葉:

葉破碎,完整葉片為倒披針形,暗灰綠色或綠褐色,邊緣淺裂或具有羽狀缺刻,基部下延成柄狀,下表面主脈明顯

Leaf: leaves are broken, intact leaf is inverse lanceolate, dark grayish-green or greenish-brown, edge is shallow cracked or with pinnate incision, base is downy and stem-like, lower surface has obvious main veins, one or more scales,
花:花葶1至數條,頭狀花序頂生,黃褐色或淡黃白色, Flower:

flower head grows from the apex, yellowish-brown or pale yellowish-white,

果:有的可見多數具有白色冠毛的長橢圓形瘦果,氣微,味微苦。

 

Fruit: sometimes with numerous obvious long elliptical achenes with white hairs. Faint odor, slightly bitter taste.

 

性味功能

甘、微苦,寒。

Properties

Sweet, slightly bitter, cold

主治

清熱解毒,消腫散結。主治上呼吸道感染,眼結膜炎,流行性腮腺炎,高血糖,乳癰腫痛,胃炎,痢疾,肝炎,膽囊炎,急性闌尾炎,泌尿系感染,盆腔炎,癰癤疔瘡,咽炎,治急性乳腺炎,淋巴腺炎,瘰癘,疔毒瘡腫,急性結膜炎,感冒發熱

Treats

Clears heat, resolves toxin, resolves swelling, eliminates binds. Apply to upper respiratory tract infection, conjunctivitis, mumps, hyperglycemia, acute mastitis and swelling pain, gastritis, diarrhea, hepatitis, cholecystitis, acute appendicitis, urinary tract infections, pelvic inflammatory disease, abscess, boils, furuncle, sore, pharyngitis, acute mastitis, lymphadenitis, scrofula, furuncle toxin and swelling sore, acute conjunctivitis, cold fever

知多一點點:

蒲公英的英文名字名字來自法語 dent-de-lion,意思是獅子牙齒,是因為蒲公英葉子的形狀象一嘴尖牙。

 

More to learn:

Its name came from French ‘dent-de-lion’,meaning lion teeth, because the shape of the leaves is like a canine.

 

 

Useful Link:

Topics Hyperlinks
General information on Mongolian Dandelion Herb  

http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=47953&lang=eng&record=23&searchword=(type_cht=%27%E5%85%A8%E8%8D%89%E9%A1%9E%27)

Gallery on Mongolian Dandelion Herb http://www.fpcn.net/a/yeshenghuahui/20130723/Taraxacum_mongolicum.html
General information on Mongolian Dandelion Herb https://hk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100724000010KK03012

 

 

 

Question:

Q1 .Write down 3 uses of Mongolian Dandelion Herb.

Ans: it can clears heat, resolves toxin and resolves swelling .

 

Q2 .Explain briefly how Frangipani get its Chinese name “蒲公英”?

Ans: Its name came from French ‘dent-de-lion’ ,meaning lion teeth, because the shape of the leaves is like a canine.

 

 

Class and Class No. 3A ( 26 )
Name. Wong Shiu Hei Jaden
Year: 2017-2018

 

Instruction: Type in useful information in the space provided.

 

Chinese name: 蒲公英
Family Name (科名): Asteraceae
Scientific name (學名): Taraxacum mongolicum
Common name (俗名): Dandelion

 

習性:

廣泛生長於​​、低海拔地區的山坡草地、路邊、田野、河灘。

 

Growth habit:

widely grown in low altitude areas,

hillside grasslands, roadsides, fields, and riverbanks

 

葉:

葉成倒卵狀披針形、倒披針形或長圓狀披針形,邊緣有時具波狀齒或羽狀深裂

 

Leaf:

Leaves obovate lanceolate, oblanceolate or oblong lanceolate, margin sometimes with undulate teeth or pinnatipartite

 

花:

花葶1至數個,與葉等長或稍長,上部紫紅色,外層總苞片卵狀披針形或披針形

 

Flower:

Scapes 1 to several, with leaf length or slightly longer, the purple red, outer involucral bracts ovate lanceolate or lanceolate

 

果:

瘦果倒卵狀披針形,暗褐色,上部具小刺,下部具成行排列的小瘤

 

Fruit:

Achenes obovate lanceolate, dark brown, upper spinulate, proximally with rows of tubercles

性味功能 :

性味甘,微苦,寒。歸肝、胃經。有利尿、緩瀉、退黃疸、利膽等功效。

 

Properties:

Sweet, bitter, cold. It has diuretic, laxative, jaundice and cholagogic effect.

 

主治:

治熱毒、癰腫、瘡瘍、濕熱、黃疸、小便淋瀝澀痛、疔瘡腫毒,乳癰,牙痛

 

Treats:

Treatment of toxic heat, damp heat, sore, carbuncle, jaundice, dribbling urination and pain, furuncle, carbuncle, toothache

 

知多一點點:

生蒲公英富含維他命A、維他命C及鉀,也含有鐵、鈣、維他命B2、維他命B1、鎂、維他命B6、葉酸及銅。可生吃、炒食、做湯,是藥食兼用的植物。

 

More to learn:

The raw dandelion is rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium, and also contains iron and calcium. You can eat, stir fry and make soup. It’s a plant with both medicine and food.

 

 

Previous Scientific Research (if any):

1.          N/A

 

Useful Link:

Topics Hyperlinks
蒲公英的功效与作用及食用方法 www.zhongyaoyi.com/t/pugongying/

蒲公英(菊科蒲公英属植物)_百度百科

https://baike.baidu.com/item/蒲公英

蒲公英- 维基百科,自由的百科全书

https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/蒲公英

「藥草皇后」蒲公英泡水飲用功效多

www.mingpaocanada.com/healthnet/content.php?artid=6074

 

Questions:

 

(Beginner) Q1 Where does Dandelion grow at?

Answer: Dandelion grown in low altitude areas,

hillside grasslands, roadsides, fields, and riverbanks.

(Elementary) Q2.Why Dandelion will detoxification?

Answer: Dandelion soaked in water can ease the symptoms of dry mouth, for the treatment of heat toxicity, red eyes and throat, purulent disease and liver heat better effect.

(Advanced) Q3.List 3 use of Dandelion

Answer:

1.          Diuretic effect

2.          Enhance immunity

3.          Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus and typhus