What color is andrographis and what is andrographis?

It should be lilac. You look at the **:

Andrographis flower color] The corolla is white and small, and the lower lip has a purple ban.

Introduction] andrographis (scientific name: andrographis paniculata (burm.). f.

nees), also known as spring lotus autumn willow, happy at first sight, olive kernel lotus, bitter gall grass, golden herb, golden ear hook, Indian grass, bitter grass, etc. An annual herbaceous plant, 4-8 cm long and 1 cm wide. Medicinal plants, which have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Morphological characteristics] annual herb. The stem is 50-80 cm high, 4-edged, the lower part is multi-branched, and the nodes are enlarged. Leaves ovate oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 4 8 cm long, 1 cm wide, slightly obtuse at the apex.

The upper leaves of the inflorescence axis are small, racemes apical and axillary, integrated with large panicles; bracts and bracts tiny, about 1 mm long; calyx lobes triangular-lanceolate, about 3 mm long, with glandular and microhairy; corolla white and small, lower lip with purple band, about 12 mm long, with glandular hairs and pubescence on the outside, 2 labial-shaped, upper lip slightly 2-lobed, lower lip 3 deeply lobed, corolla tube equal to lip petal; Stamens 2, anthers 2 chambers, pubescence at the base of the chamber and filaments on one side. capsule flattened, with a furrow in the middle, about 10 mm long, sparsely glandular hairs; The seeds are 12-seeded, square and wrinkled.

Andrographis has a bitter taste and a cold nature. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and reducing swelling. into the heart meridian, ** mouth and tongue sores; into the lung meridian, ** cold and fever, sore throat, cough and fatigue; into the large intestine meridian, ** diarrhea and dysentery; Into the bladder meridian, ** hot drenching and painful.

Modern studies have shown that it has antipyretic effect, andrographolide and neoandrographolide have the effect of inhibiting and delaying the increase in body temperature caused by pneumococcus and hemolytic group B streptococcus.

Andrographis has anti-inflammatory effects, andrographolides and neoandrographolides have the effect of inhibiting E. coli; Andrographis decoction can improve the ability of peripheral blood leukocytes to engulf Staphylococcus aureus in vitro.

The corolla is white in color with purple markings, and is bilabial, with two lobes on the upper lip and three shallow lobes on the lower lip.

Andrographis belongs to the family of Andrographis family, is an annual herbaceous plant, the aboveground part of the stem grows upright, up to 90 to 100 centimeters, the stem is node-shaped, the end of the node is slightly expanded, the junction of each node is easy to break, the stem is square, green, the pith of the cross-section is white, and the diameter of the cross-section can reach one centimeter.

There are alternate branches on the main stem, the leaf pairs are born on both sides of the stem node, the petiole is slightly long, the leaf edge is neat and non-serrate, the leaf is reticulated leaf vein, the whole is oval with sharp points at both ends, and some varieties are lanceolate like willow leaves. There is a slight difference in color between the front and back of the leaf, with the front side of the leaf being bright green and the back side slightly grayish-white.

Andrographis blooms from September to October every year, racemes are apical or axillary, andrographis fruit is from October to November, the fruit is an oblong oblong flat capsule, each fruit contains twelve seeds, and the overall shape of the seeds is rectangular.

Mode of reproduction:

Seedling transplanting method or live broadcast method, dragon is mainly based on seedling transplanting method.