野菊花

Class and Class No. 3E ( 8 )
Name Ching Jen Hong
Year: 2017-2018

 

 

Chinese name: 野菊花
Family name: Asteraceae or Compositae
Scientific name: Chrysanrhemum indicum
Common name: Chrysanthemum

 

習性:

在大多數棲息地發現野生的。 在山坡上,草地上的草地,河流,田野,路邊,海邊的潮濕地方,在海邊100至2900米的灌木叢下。 幾乎遍布中國各地

Growth habit:

Found wild in most habitats. Grasslands on mountain slopes, thickets, wet places by rivers, fields, roadsides, saline places by seashores, under shrubs 100 – 2900 m. Nearly throughout China

葉:

年輕的葉子 – 熟

芳香茶葉由葉子製成

Leaf:

Young leaves – cooked

An aromatic tea is made from the leaves

 

花:

花是溫和,苦味,低血壓,健胃和血管擴張劑。 它們含有在水解時產生葡萄糖和花青素的糖苷菊酸,以及水蘇鹼和精油。

Flower:

The flowers are aperient, bitter, hypotensive, stomachic and vasodilator. They contain the glycoside chrysanthemin that yields glucose and cyanidin on hydrolysis, together with stachydrine and an essential oil.

果:

種子 – 播種在一個容器中,只覆蓋種子。 它通常在15℃下萌發10-18天,但如果它在4週內不發芽,則嘗試在冰箱的沙拉隔間冷凍種子3週。 當它們足夠大時,將秧苗刺入單獨的盆中並在足夠大時將其種植出來。

Fruit:

Seed – sow in a container and only just cover the seed. It usually germinates in 10 – 18 days at 15°c but if it does not germinate within 4 weeks then try chilling the seed for 3 weeks in the salad compartment of a fridge. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out when large enough.

性味功能:

常年習慣 多年生

身高 0.60米

傳粉 昆蟲

Properties:

Habit perennial
Height 0.60m
Pollinators Insects
主治:

 

藥用

 

整株植物具有消炎,補血,補肺,補虛,安神等功效。 用於散熱,解毒,消瘀。 它被用在中國治療眼疾。 與黑胡椒一起用於治療淋病

Treats:

Medicinal

The whole plant is antiphlogistic, blood tonic, depurative, febrifuge and vulnerary. It is used for dissipating heat, detoxifying, and dissipating blood stasis. It is used in China to treat eye ailments. In conjunction with black pepper it is used in the treatment of gonorrhoea.

知道多一點點:

 

種子含有約16%的半乾性油,但沒有給出關於其用途的信息。 種子相當小,商業提取可能不可行。

 

More to learn:

 

The seed contains about 16% of a semi-drying oil, but no information is given as to its uses. The seed is rather small, commercial extraction is probably not viable.

 

 

(Beginner) Q1. Where can we find most of the Chrysanthemum indicum flowers?

 

Answer: we can find most of the Chrysanthemum indicum in grasslands on mountain slopes, thickets, wet places by rivers, fields, roadsides, saline places by seashores

(Elementary) Q2. Please describe the characteristics of the flower of the Chrysanthemum indicum.

 

Answer: The flowers are aperient, bitter, hypotensive, stomachic and vasodilator.

 

(Advanced) Q3. What tea are made from the leaves of the Chrysanthemum indicum?

 

Answer:  An aromatic tea is made from the leaves of the Chrysanthemum indicum.

 

Class and Class No. 3A (22)
Name: Tang Wing Yan Grace
Year: 2017-2018

 

Instruction: Type in useful information in the space provided.

 

Chinese name: 野菊
Family Name (科名): Asteraceae
Scientific name (學名): Dendranthema indicum
Common name (俗名): Chrysanthemum菊花瘧疾

 

習性:

多年生草本。

Growth habit:

Perennial herb.

葉:

羽狀半裂、淺裂或分裂不明顯而邊緣有淺鋸齒。 

Leaf:

pinnately fissile, lobed or divided not obvious and margin serrulate

花:

總花苞由4~5層花苞片組成,舌狀花,普遍花瓣呈黄色,6-11月開花。

Flower:

The involucre consists of 4 to 5 layers of bracts. Tongur shape flower petal, yellow color. Flowering between June and November.

果:

10-11月成熟。

Fruit:

Matured from October to November.

性味功能

花­­ : 性苦、味辛,微寒,芳香,具驅散風熱,消腫解毒。 

Properties

Flowers: bitter tasting, cool. Can help our body for the detoxification process.

 

主治

預防高血壓、風熱感冒、肺炎、鼻炎、支氣管炎。

Treats

Prevention of high blood pressure, flu, pneumonia, rhinitis and bronchitis.

知多一點點:

曬乾了的野菊花可泡成茶,有治濕熱下痢和解毒、失眠。

More to learn:

Dried flowers for making tea. Medicinal use for detoxification and insomnia.

 

Previous Scientific Research (if any):

1. 菊科植物內生真菌的生物多樣性與生態分佈                                                                                                            Biological Diversity and Ecological Distribution of Endophytic Fungi in Dendranthema indicum

 

Useful Link:

Topics Hyperlinks
General information on Dendranthema indicum https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E9%87%8E%E8%8F%8A%E8%8A%B1/8438
Gallery on Dendranthema indicum https://www.mdidea.com/products/new/new013photogallery.html
Plant Profile on Dendranthema indicum http://www.herbarium.gov.hk/subpages.aspx?id=8500
Further description on Dendranthema indicum http://www.bgci.org/plant_details.php?plantID=267067

 

Questions:

 

(Beginner) Guidelines:

Answer can be directly harvested from the information given.

Q1. What are the properties of Dendranthema indicum?

Answer: The taste of flower is bitter and  it can help our body for the detoxification process.

 

(Elementary) Guidelines:

Answer can be obtained from the information given and the external links.

Q2. What are the uses of Dendranthema indicum? Then, list out three chemical composition of the plant?

Answer: The uses are to prevent high blood pressure, flu, pneumonia, rhinitis and bronchitis. The three chemical composition of the plant are 01% ~ 0.2% volatile oil, sabinene and vanilla alcohol.

(Advanced) Guidelines:

Question requires higher order thinking. More information should be found from external links or reference before answering the questions.

Q3. Where do Dendranthema indicum grow? Explain briefly the distribution.

Answer: Dendranthema indicum grow in cool humid climate places, like hillside of grasslands. Dendranthema indicum can be found in Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Shandong.