Why are the leaves of psyllium arranged in a spiral shape?

Perennial herb with flowering stems up to 50 cm high and fibrous roots. Leaves rooted, with long stalks, almost as long as or longer than leaves, enlarged at the base; Leaves ovate or elliptic, 4 12 cm long, 2 7 cm wide, apex pointed or obtuse, base narrowly long stalk, entire-margined or irregularly wavy shallowly toothed, usually with 5 7 arcuate veins. several flower stems, 12-50 cm high, angular, sparsely hairy; Spikes are 2 5 1 2 of the flower stemThe flowers are pale green, each flower has 1 persistent bract, triangular; calyx 4, slightly connate at base, elliptic or ovate, persistent; corolla small, gelatinous, corolla tube ovate, apex 4-lobed, lobes triangular, outwardly recoiled; stamens 4, borne near the base of the corolla tube, alternate with corolla lobes, anthers oblong, 2-chambered, triangular protrusions at apex, filaments linear; Pistil 1, ovary superior, ovate, 2-chambered (pseudo-4-chambered), columella 1, linear, hairy.

The capsule is ovate-conical, circumfisculate about 2 5 below and 2 5 lobes below when ripe, and 2 5 lobes below. Seeds 4 8 or 9, nearly oval, black-brown. Flowering period 6-September.

Fruiting period 7 October. It grows in mountains, roadsides, flower beds, vegetable gardens, ponds, riversides, etc. It is distributed all over China.

Psyllium grows short and grows almost close to the ground, easily blocked by tall plants that block the sun. But psyllium has an ingenious way to get sunshine. Its leaves are arranged in a spiral shape.

Psyllium (chē qián zǐ) is also known as plantain, plantain, shrimp toad clothes, pig ear spikes, phoenix eye, and the medicinal name psyllium is the dried and mature seeds of plantain or flat plantain. In summer and autumn, when the seeds are ripe, the ears are harvested, dried, and the seeds are rubbed out to remove impurities. Use raw or brine in salt water.

It is mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei and other places. It likes warm and humid climate, is cold-resistant, can grow in mountainous areas and flat land, and has no strict requirements for soil. This product has a sweet and cold taste, enters the kidneys, bladder, liver and lung meridians, and has the functions of diluting water and drenching, infiltrating dampness and stopping diarrhea, clearing the liver and eyes, clearing heat and dissolving phlegm, and is commonly used as a medicinal material.

Psyllium (chē qián zǐ) is also known as plantain, plantain, shrimp toad clothes, pig ear spikes, phoenix eye, and the medicinal name psyllium is the dried and mature seeds of plantain or flat plantain. In summer and autumn, when the seeds are ripe, the ears are harvested, dried in the sun, and the seeds are rubbed out to remove impurities. Use raw or brine in salt water.

It is mainly produced in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei and other places. It likes warm and moist climate, hardy, and can grow on mountainous and flat lands, and the soil requirements are not strict. This product has a sweet and cold taste, enters the kidney, bladder, liver, lung meridian, and has the function of diluting water, infiltrating and stopping diarrhea, clearing the liver and eyes, clearing heat and dissolving phlegm, and is commonly used as a medicinal material.

Psyllium grows short and grows almost close to the ground, and it is easy to block the sunlight from plants taller than it. But psyllium has an ingenious way to get sunshine. Its leaves are arranged in a spiral shape.

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The Book of Poetry, National Style, Zhou Nan].

Pick and pick the cocoon, and pick it in thin words.

Picking and picking the herbs, there are thin words.

Pick and pick the cocoon, and say it thinly.

Pick and pick the cocoon, and say it thinly.

Pick and pick the herbs, and the words are thin.

Pick and pick the cocoon, thin words.

Psyllium is psyllium.

This is a song sung by women more than 2,000 years ago when they were working, imagine that the women picked up the psyllium and put it in the placket, while singing this song, melodious and tactful, one after another, this kind of singing and dancing labor scene may be seen in the tea garden in Yunnan Tongxian.