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Tagetes erecta L.
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English Name |
Big Marigold, American Marigold, African Marigold, Big Marigoldr |
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Latin name |
Tagetes erecta L. |
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Family & Genus |
Asteraceae, Tagetes |
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Description |
Annual herb, 50-150cm high. Stem upright and strong, with longitudinal fine strip like ridges, branches spreading upward. Leaf opposite, lamina pinnatifid, 5-10cm long, 4-8cm wide, lobe long elliptic or lanceolate, margin with sharp sawtooth, leaf lobe in upper part with long and thin arista on the end. Capitulum, 5-8cm in diameter, solitary, apex of peduncle clavately expanding; periclinium 1.8-2cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, cup shaped, anteriorly with teeth tine; ligulate flower, yellow or dark orange, 2.9cm long, ligule invert ovate, basal part contracted into a long claw; corolla of tubular flower yellow, about 9mm long, anteriorly with 5 dentate lobes. Achene, linear, basal part reduced, black or brown, 8-11mm long; pappus with 1-2 long aristas or 2-3 short and blunt scales. Flowering: July to September. |
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Distribution |
Growing in sunny, warm and moist environment. Cultivated in all parts of China. Originating in Mexico. |
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Part Used |
Medical part: flowers. Chinese name: Wanshouju. |
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Harvest & Processing |
Collected flower in summer and autumn, used fresh or sundried. |
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Chemistry |
Flower contains lagetiin, helenien, lutein and chrysanthemax anthin, etc. |
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Pharmacology |
Antibacterial, sedative, pant-calming, and anti-inflammatory. |
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Properties & Actions |
Bitter, little pungent, cool.Clearing heat, detoxifying, removing phlegm and checking cough. |
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Indications & Usage |
Upper respiratory infection, whooping cough, conjunctivitis, stomatitis, toothache, pharyngitis, vertigo, infantile frightened epilepsy, menostasia, abdominal pain due to blood stasis, anthracia and swelling toxicity.Oral administration: decocting, 3-9g. External application: appropriate amount, prepared decoction for fumigating and washing or powdered for application, or triturated for application. |
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Examples |
1. Trachitis: fresh fengwoju 30g, aquatic-sunflower inula flower 9g, tatarian aster 6g. Decoct in water and swallow.
2. Whooping cough: fengwoju 15. Decoct in water, mix with brown sugar and swallow. |
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mpid/detail.php?herb_id=D00706 |
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