Seven leaf a flower and legends

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        See the "seven leaf a flower" this beautiful name, don't think it is ornamental household flowers. In fact, this is a kind of clearing away heat and toxic material herbal medicines, medicinal has a long history, has been praised as the snake wound ulcer effective medicine. The doctor of traditional Chinese medicine has "seven leaf a flower, the poison supporting" say.

        Seven leaf a flower for liliaceae seven leaf a flower perennial herb, high can reach 1 m. Mainly produced in jiangxi, sichuan, yunnan province. In forests is sheltered places. Seven leaf a flower rhizomes horizontal go and hypertrophy. Lai and two to three layers, each layer of six to eight tablet, usually seven slices, summer flowering, from the top of the stem out stem, apex with flowers a, so named. Capsule globose. Flowering 5 ~ 6 months. Fruit for capsule globose, fruiting 8 ~ 9 months. The medicinal part for the roots, the roots are section shape flat cylindrical, slightly curved, densely born bedded protuberant coarse annular, like sleep in a flea, and like a folding floor, therefore, "shen nong's materia medica" wait for a book and name "flea divorces," "heavy floor", etc.

        Said to seven leaf a flower, folk and a beautiful legend.

        Words for a long time ago, zhejiang dawn mountain lived a young man called shen see mountain, parents early death, there is no brother elder sister, no sibling, quite alone by went up to the mountain cutting wood for a living. One day, he in cut firewood, the bushes snot a viper, still less than avoid, calf was mercilessly snake bite. Not and in a short while, he was in a coma, unconscious. Qiao said to have, then the sky just foot clouds to office of the tianchi bath, see faint of the shen see mountain, he moved with pity, they will he round into 1 turn, they carry out the ROM palmer cover in his wound around. More skillful, holy mother at this time also coming xiangyun to this, see the youth's wound and daughters of ROM mpa, understand everything, so conveniently pulled out over the heads of the jade hairpin, put in seven pieces of ROM palmer's central. Perhaps the wound got ROM palmer and jade hairpin of mystique, snake venom soon melted, shen see mountains have gradually come back to life. Then, he only listen to "sou" wind ring, ROM palmer and jade hairpin together fell on the ground, instantly into seven ZhangCuiYe held a gold flower weed. He was astonished, as if made a dream, and look at their own crus, snake bites the scar to all good. He think, affirmation is this beautiful weed delivered your snake wound. Then, down the mountain, he gave the villagers retelling snakebite he rescued after strange after, and put the herbs called "seven leaf a flower".