Prunella vulgaris All heal Selfheal Fruit-spike.immune stimulant and anti-inflammatory effects.

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Prunella spike,Name Origin and Species.

Selfheal Fruit-spike Extract INCI Name Prunella Vulgaris Extract CAS 90105-92-3 EINECS ELINCS No 290-211-6 Spica Prunellae Prunella spike Xiakucao fruit-spike of Prunella vulgaris L photo picture image Every spring time, when the grass and flowers spread and covered the land, pond water growing green, a very nice herb tipping light blue flower and dressing green clothes come into our eyesights, at grass land, brook side and road side,this is just Prunella vulgaris, the whole herb plant perished at end of Summer end, so named as Xia Ku Cao in chinese pinyin, means Grass perished at the end of Summer.

 Prunella vulgaris used in china for many years, normally the fruit spike with flower dried in the sun and used Pharmaceutically,this useful herb wide spread in china.
 Harvesting Information:Gather flowering tops, and dry in small bunches for later herb use, or tincture fresh. Store in cool, dry, dark, place for best shelf life.

 Habitat:Spread widely from Europe to Asia,Siberia,North Africa,West Asia,India,Pakistan,Nepal,Bhutan,Astralia and North America.Wide spread at provinced of China,ShananXi,Gan Su,Xin Jiang,He Nan,Hu Bei,Hu Nan,JiangXi,Zhe Jiang,Fu Jian,Tai Wan,GuangDong,Guang Xi,Gui Zhou,SiChuan,YunNan and other provinces.Growing at hill side,grassland,brooke side,and wet terra.

 Lore: The name carpenters herb stems from belief that "the decoction of Prunell made with wine or water doth joine together and make whole and sound all wounds, both inward and outward." (Gerard, 1633)
 Prunella: from a German word for "quinsy," a malady that this plant was used to treat (ref. genus Prunella)

 vulgare/vulgaris: common (ref. Cerastium fontanum ssp. vulgare, Cirsium vulgare, Foeniculum vulgare, Leucanthemum vulgare, Marrubium vulgare, Beta vulgaris, Hippuris vulgaris, Linaria vulgaris, Prunella vulgaris var. lanceolata, Senecio vulgaris, Utricularia vulgaris).
 Selfheal Fruit-spike Extract INCI Name Prunella Vulgaris Extract CAS 90105-92-3 EINECS ELINCS No 290-211-6 Spica Prunellae Prunella spike Xiakucao fruit-spike of Prunella vulgaris L photo picture image

 Prunella Species:

 Prunella vulgaris L. is a kind of Perennial herb Labiatae family Prunella genus,its chinese name "Xia Ku Cao(withered summer end)" origined from an description "this herb dried and withered after the summer solstice",others names as Nai Dong,Tie Se Cao(iron color grass),Mai Xia Ku(Wheatlike Xia Ku grass),Deng Long Tou(lantern head),Da Tou Hua(big head flowers),Bang Chui Cao(wooden club grass),Yan Mian,etc,this is a traditional chinese medicine,normally used it dry fruit spike. Prunella plant nearly 15 kinds spread in the earth from temperate zone of Eurasian land,North West of Africa,and North America,Prunella herb from China has 4 genus and 3 variations,they are White flower Prunella(Prunella vulgaris L.var, leucantha Schur Sec.Bailey),Narrow leaf Prunella (Prunella vulgaris L.var, lanceolata Fernald),Mountain Spinach(Prunella asiatica Nakai),Rigid Hair Prunella (Prunella hispida Benth.) and Big flower Prunella(Prunella grandiflora Jacq.).Variations and close herb including White Hair Prunella (Ajuga decumbens Thunb.),a plant Labiatae family Ajugoideae genus,mainly spread from Jiang Su,Zhe Jiang,An Hui,He Nan provinces of China.

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last edit date:31th,May.2009.