Houttuynia cordata Thunb

Scientific Names

Houttuynia cordata Thunb

Region Name
China: 鱼腥草
Pinyin: Yuxing Cǎo
Vietnam: Giap CA
Korea: 약모밀
English: Lizard Tail, Chameleon Plant
Japanese: 十 薬
Classification

Division: Spermatophyta
Sub Division: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Nation: Piperales
Tribe: Saururaceae
Marga: Houttuynia
Type: Houttuynia cordata Thunb
The characteristics

Habitus: Herbaceous plant, chronic, creeping or erect, 20-90 cm high
Stem: Spherical, ridged, jointed, of the segment attached to the ground outside the root, purplish green color
Leaves: Single, with a triangular fulcrum leaves, stems cylindrical, 4-7 cm long, heart shape, pointed tip, base rounded bertoreh, pertulangan form of nets, rough surfaces, green or purplish green
Flowers: Single, in the armpits or on the leaf tips of the branches, hermaphrodite, without petals, stamens and pistils many, arrayed in the head, stamens 3, anthers compound 3, pistil 3, needle shape, white, crown ravel, 4 strand, oval shape, the tip rounded, base tapering, 0.5 to 1 cm long, silky white
Fruit: Spherical eggs, straight, 2-3 mm long, green
Seeds: small round, black
Roots: The fibers, brown dirty
Ecology and Distribution

Is a wild plant at the edges of swamps, wet woods or on the banks of the river, at an altitude of 100 m to 900 m above sea level. Can grow on various soil types ranging from sandy soil mild to severe soil berliat. Flowering in June-September. Proper harvest time in September-November.
Property

Amis-amisan efficacious as cold medicine, anti-asthmatic, anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory. As anti-asthmatic, all parts of the plant-amisan fishy separ by 30 grams, washed, boiled with 400 ml of water to boil for 15 minutes, filtered, after a cold drink as well. performed 2-3 times a day. As for the drug cold, fishy-leaf amisan as much as 30 grams of fresh, washed, boiled with 400 ml of water to boiling for 15 rnenit, filtered, after a cold drink 2 times a day morning and afternoon.