Snow lotus, also known as big bud snow lotus and snow lotus, is called "tagelis" in local Uygur language. It is a rare and precious Chinese herbal medicine unique to Xinjiang. It grows on the steep cliff of the Tianshan Mountains at an altitude of about 4000 meters and in the crevices of ice stained rocks. The climate is extremely cold and the snow does not melt all the year round, so the general plants can not survive at all. However, snow lotus can grow bravely and tenaciously in the severe cold of minus dozens of degrees and the oxygen deficient environment with thin air. &Nbsp; >
The Tibetan people divide the snow lotus into male and female. It is said that the female can eat raw, with sweet taste and male with bitter taste. In plant taxonomy, Saussurea involucrata can be divided into two groups: Saussurea involucrata and Saussurea involucrata. There are 13 species of subgenus Saussurea and 17 species of subgenus Saussurea in Tibet. &Nbsp; & nbsp; >
In the folk, it is generally used as medicine to treat snow blind, toothache, rheumatoid arthritis, impotence, irregular menstruation, red avalanche, leucorrhea and other diseases. The Indian folk also used snowdrop flowers to treat many patients with chronic diseases. Such as gastric ulcer, hemorrhoids, bronchitis, heart disease, epistaxis and snake bite. It has a long history as a medicine in Tibetan medicine. There are records in the Tibetan medical literature Yuewang Yaozhen and four medical books. &Nbsp; & nbsp; >
Saussurea involucrata has bioactive components. Among them, Umbelliferae lactone has obvious antibacterial, antihypertensive, sedative and antispasmodic effects; scopolamine has the effects of dispelling wind, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, expectorant and anti-tumor, and the clinical effective rate of Han therapy for acute and chronic bronchitis is 96.6%; apigenin has the effects of smooth muscle spasmolysis and anti gastric ulcer; antelopelbenzone has obvious cholagogic effects. The flower of Saussurea involucrata contains colchicine, which is a typical representative of cell mitosis. It can inhibit the growth of cancer cells. It is clinically used to treat cancer, especially breast cancer. It also has a certain effect on skin cancer, leukemia and Hodgkin's disease.
In addition, Saussurea involucrata has estrogen like activity, which can prolong the oestrus period and late oestrus period, and shorten the oestrus period and pre oestrus period. However, colchicine is toxic and can cause nausea, anorexia and abdominal distention. In severe cases, it will cause side effects such as enteroparalysis, constipation and limb pain. Because colchicine, which has good curative effect and great toxicity, is contained in the snow lotus flower, people should not take it more when they treat rheumatoid arthritis and gynecological diseases with snow lotus flower wine. &Nbsp; & nbsp; >
