| Family Name | Dicots Saururaceae Houttuynia |
| Scientific name | Houttuynia cordata |
| Common name | Houttuynia cordata |
| Growth habit | Perennial herb. Growing in wet places or mountain side. Favorable to grow in warm and humid environment, avoid drought. Has low temperature resistance and afraid of light. |
| Leaf | Alternative leaves, thin paper, glandular dots; the membranous, strip, the lower petiole the connate leaf sheath, base expanded slightly amplexicaul; leaves ovate or broadly ovate, apex shortly acuminate, base cordate, margin entire. |
| Flower | Small size of flower, open during the summer, without perianth, arranged with opposite leaves ; bracts 4, was born in the top of the peduncle, white, petal-like ; three stamens, the lower part of the ovary connate; pistil 3 syncarpous. |
| Fruit | Capsule subglobose diameter of 2 to 3 mm, the top cracked. |
| More to learn | Legend: Houttuynia cordata was at the preaching of Buddha. A goldfish downed to earth into a fine after Guanyin had shown the fish basket Image rein. Guanyin ate a lot of young boys and girls in in a river named TonTianHe to commit a sin-ridden, pity about the pain, therefore spread the seeds of merit to pool plants and earth, used to saving lives. Purdue. Houttuynia is a kind of tea soup that can also be boiled, to help people with allergies. |
| Properties | Stench, but disappeared after being cooked. The taste is unique. |
| Treats | Phlegm cough, heat dysentery and other illnesses. |
| Reference | 知識百科 Flickr 維基百科 中華百科 |