Physalis pubescens (kǔ zhí, Physalis angulata), also known as light artillery Aberdeen, nur day, the day the bubble grass, yellow girl, Native Gooseberry, dusty grass, playing bubble volume, is a plant of the Solanaceae Physalis.
Is an annual herb, erect or loose, high in the 30-60 cm or higher; multi-branched stems. Leaves alternate, ovate-elliptic, 3-5 cm long, apex acuminate, base cuneate, the edge of irregular teeth. Petiole 1-5 cm. Summer and fall flowering, corolla yellow, five anthers yellow or lavender. If the ball off the egg-shaped calyx, orange and yellow, like lanterns, berry fruit hidden in the calyx, spherical, about 1 cm in diameter, can eat. Many born valley, the village street, is more common in southern China, Southeast Asia, India, Japan has. If the cage containing the human body needs vitamins, fresh fruit lantern containing vitamin B complex three times higher than the tomato; trace lantern fruit and contains 18 kinds of amino acids and the amount; sugar content than grapes, containing about 30% fructose Elemental zinc, boron, selenium, silicon, etc. Fresh fruit as well as certain health lanterns medicinal value. Lantern fruit contains a lot of rubber ferric ammonium aplastic anemia have a certain effect. Lantern ripe berry fruit, fresh taste sweet and sour taste, excellent flavor, can also be made preserves, jams. Modern medicine, lantern fruit can Liyan phlegm, can cure hepatitis, throat swelling and pain, Hyperactivity cough. "Medicinal song includes four Barilla vernacular solution" in mind is: Lantern fruit / acid slurry thatch plugs, clearing the lungs Liver, sore throat, cough thermal energy security. By modern scientific testing, lantern fruit pulp is rich in acid alcohol AB, acid berry red pigment, alkaloids, citrate margin acid, carotene, zeaxanthin sour berries, grasses sterols, blunt leaf alcohol, ring jackfruit alcohol, lanolin -8-3B- alcohol. These are rare trace elements in human growth.