【Plant height】0.5m 【Smell and taste】Fragrant smell and bitter tast 【Flower】white 【Blooming period】April to August 【Fruiting period】June to September 【Seeding time】in Spring 【Sun/Shade】like sunlight 【Soil】light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil. 【Medicinal parts】whole plant and seeds 【Harvest & Processing】Harvested in autumn of the second year of sowing, excavated the whole plant, washed sediment, sun-dried or used fresh. 【Main components】Whole plant contains ursolic acid, n-hentriacontane, β-sitoserol, stig-masterol, β-sitosteryl palmitate, stigmasteryl palmitate, aucubin, plantainoside A, B, C, D, E, F, B cal-ceorioside B, acteoside, isoacteoside and acteoside. Aboveground parts contain plantaginin, isoacteoside, acteosiden and plantaginin. Roots contain aucubin, glycosides, homoplanta-ginin, stachyose, sucrose and raffi-nose, etc. 【Pharmacological effect】Effective on urinary system; antitussive, pant-calming, phlegm-eliminating; anti-pathogenic microorganism; effective on stomach and intestines and anti-inflammatory. 【Property】Whole plant: taste sweet, cold in nature. Seeds: taste sweet, tasteless, little cold in nature. Whole plant: clearing heat for disinhibiting urine; cooling blood; detoxifying. Seeds: clearing heat for disinhibiting urine; excreting dampness and relieving diarrhea; improving eyesight and dispelling phlegm. Mark: As for all the herbs we supply here, all the medicinal information is only for your reference. Please consult with prefessional doctors for any application. Naturix-Seeds will not be responsible for any medicinal effects.