Plantain seed

[ ] from herbal medicine".".
[ ] B Pinyin name is a Ji o Z.
English name [ ] Seed of Japanese Banana
[ source ]
Medicine source: banana plants of banana fruit.
Latin animal mineral name: Musa basjoo Sieb . Et Zucc.
Harvest and storage: summer, autumn fruit harvest when ripe, fresh.
[ ] the original morphology of plantain, tufted perennial herb, high 2.5-4m. Petiole stout, up to 30cm; leaf blade oblong, long 2-3m, 25-30cm wide, apex obtuse, base rounded or asymmetric, foliage green, glossy. Inflorescences and, pendulous; bracts brownish red or purple; male flowers in inflorescences of female flowers in inflorescences of upper, lower bracts; female flowers in each 10-16 flower, 2 columns; tepals connate with 5 ( 4-4.5cm, 3+2 ) tooth crack, free tepal few and compound tepal equal, apex with small pointed. Berries trigonous, oblong, long 5-7cm, with 3-5 edge, subsessile, fleshy, with most seed. Yi to seed, warty process and irregular edges, wide 6-8mm. Flowering 8-9.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: Qinling Mountains south of Huaihe can open cultivation, much cultivated in gardens and farmhouse near.
Resource distribution: China Taiwan may have wild.
[ ]" the taste of herbal medicine:" son of raw food but also makes the mouth open; steamed, kernel taking cold spring.
[ ] to the lung heart; kidney;
[ ] thirst moistening lung functions; blood circulation; fill in bone marrow. Herbal medicine:" Lord" ( fresh) thirst ( lungs, steamed and fetching kernel ) pass blood, in bone marrow.
[ usage] oral administration: eaten raw or steamed takes the kind, amount.
[ note ]:" son" herbal medicine raw food cold disease.
[ ] the discussion sub raw food, thirst and moistening lung. Steamed bursts to open mouth, spring take benevolence, food, blood circulation, in bone marrow.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]
http://chinese-herbal-medicines-directory.blogspot.com/