Edible and medicinal value of flowers
Here is a comprehensive introduction to health preservation and wellness, including the edible and medicinal value of flowers. Let's learn about them together.
There are many types of flowers, and in addition to appreciating them, using certain parts of flowers as medicinal, food, or beverage resources is even more值得 noting. Here are several uses of flowers.
Medicinal flowers include many types that can be used as medicine, such as the whole plant of Dianthus superbus and Thymus vulgaris; the flower buds of Hosta plantaginea and Honeysuckle; the fruits of Forsythia suspense and Gardenia jasminoides; the roots of Platycodon grandiflorus and Aster tataricus; the flowers of Chrysanthemum morifolium and Magnolia denudata, all of which are good Chinese herbs. The golden莲花 is a herbaceous plant that grows wild in the mountains of North China, and when it blooms with bright and fragrant flowers in summer and autumn, it looks like a golden butterfly in the canyon. This默默无闻 little plant has been verified in pharmacological and clinical trials in recent years to have a special effect on anti-inflammatory and throat soothing, heat-clearing and detoxification, and has now been officially listed as a medicine for production.
Iron Tree: Its leaves are sweet and warm in nature, can contract blood vessels and stop bleeding, activate blood and relieve pain. Boiled with 15 to 50 grams, it can treat lumbar pain, stomach pain, joint pain, and amenorrhea. Boiled with 50 grams, it is very effective in treating various bleeding and diarrhea.
Camellia: Its roots are bitter and slightly cold in nature, can clear heat and diuresis, jaundice, and contract blood vessels to stop bleeding. Boiled with 15 to 50 grams, it can treat hepatitis, tonsillitis, oral ulcers, diarrhea, and heart disease. Chinese Rose: Its flowers are sweet and warm in nature, can activate blood, regulate menstruation, and reduce swelling. Boiled with 7.5 to 15 grams, it can treat irregular menstruation, chest and abdominal pain, and lymphadenopathy. Pomegranate: Its peel is astringent and warm in nature, can contract diarrhea. Boiled with 8 to 20 grams, it can treat diarrhea, leucorrhea, and excessive menstrual bleeding.
June Snow: Bitter and slightly spicy in nature, can activate blood, reduce swelling, expel wind, and remove dampness. Boiled with 15 to 50 grams, it can treat acute and chronic hepatitis, rheumatism, amenorrhea, excessive leucorrhea, and dizziness. Celosia: Its flowers are sweet and cool in nature, can stop bleeding, diarrhea, and leucorrhea. Boiled with 10 to 25 grams, it can treat hematochezia, diarrhea, leucorrhea, and uterine bleeding.
Magnolia (Magnolia Flower): Its flower buds are spicy and warm in nature, can support wind, disperse, and unblock nasal congestion. Taken with 5 to 15 grams, it can treat cold headaches, rhinitis, and nasal congestion.
Edible flowers such as the externally magnificent pomegranate and the bright red and plump wolfberry are not only nutritious but also have the effects of expelling worms, stopping diarrhea, tonifying the kidney, and improving eyesight. Job's tears and lotus seeds are superior tonics for invigorating the spleen and removing dampness, and benefiting the kidney and astringing essence. Lily and Solomon's Seal have beautiful shapes and pleasant flowers, and their underground bulbs harvested in autumn are also delicious delicacies.
Drinking flowers In recent years, there have been dozens of health beverages made from flowers. Common ones include: rose health beverages, white chrysanthemum tea, hemp leaf tea, cassia seed tea, honeysuckle tea, golden莲花 tea, and so on. Cool and health beverages made from wild flowers and cultivated flowers are gaining popularity and have attracted widespread attention from countries around the world.
Other uses include using magnolia and jasmine to scent tea; using osmanthus and rose to make pastries; extracting essential oils from gardenia and viola; in addition, refined mint oil and camphor oil extraction are extremely popular in many countries. The essential oil extracted from the seeds of night-blooming cereus (evening primrose) is a special medicine for dilating microvessels, which is being actively used in clinical medicine. The fibers of Agave and palm sheath are good industrial fibers. Konjac and banana leaves are large and the tubers can be processed into starch, which is a nutritious food.
The above shared green plant experiences of the edible and medicinal value of flowers hope to bring help to you in your life!