Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Ziziphora

Common Name

Xin Ta Hua

Plant Figure

Description

Ziziphora bungeana is a perennial semi-shrub. The plant is mainly distributed in Kazakhstan, China, Central Asia, and Mongolia. In China, it only grows in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and has long been used as a folk medicine to treat diseases such as cardiopathy, hypertension, fever, headache, insomnia, and cardiopalmus. The main active constituents of Z. bungeana are flavonoids and essential oils. The essential oils of Z. bungeana have antioxidant and antimicrobial activities. The flavonoids of Z. bungeana have significant protective functions for vascular endothelial cells.