What are the uses of osmanthus? A detailed explanation of the latest uses

Osmanthus is one of the ten traditional flowers of China, an excellent garden tree species that combines greening, beautification and fragrance, with both ornamental and practical value. Its pure fragrance can dispel dust, and its rich scent carries far, making it truly unique. It is widely used in garden construction, and osmanthus tea made from osmanthus as a raw material is also deeply loved by the public. Now let us take a look at what uses osmanthus has!

Medicinal value of osmanthus

Osmanthus uses its flowers, fruit and roots as medicine. Flowers are collected in autumn, fruit in spring, and roots in all four seasons, then dried separately. The flowers are pungent in taste and warm in nature, with the effects of dispelling cold and breaking stagnation, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and are used for toothache, cough and asthma with excessive phlegm, amenorrhea and abdominal pain, and other conditions. The fruit is pungent and sweet in taste and warm in nature, with the effects of warming the stomach, calming the liver and dispelling cold, and is used for deficiency-cold stomach pain. The root is sweet and slightly astringent in taste and neutral in nature, with the effects of dispelling wind-dampness and dispelling cold, and is used for rheumatic muscle and bone pain, low back pain, kidney-deficiency toothache, and other conditions.

Dietary role of osmanthus

Osmanthus can be used to make pastries and candies, and can also be brewed into wine. Common preparations include glutinous rice osmanthus lotus root, osmanthus huanglin pastry, osmanthus cake, goji berry osmanthus tea, osmanthus purple sweet potato glutinous rice, osmanthus milk tofu, osmanthus fermented rice wine small round dumplings, braised osmanthus sausage, osmanthus almond tofu, osmanthus red bean porridge, and more. The ancients believed that osmanthus was the chief of the hundred medicines, so wine brewed with osmanthus could achieve the effect of “drinking it gives a lifespan of a thousand years.” Osmanthus tea can nourish the complexion and beautify, soothe the throat, improve symptoms of excessive phlegm and cough, and treat duodenal ulcer, urticaria, cold stomach and stomachache, bad breath, blurred vision, and other conditions.

Landscape uses of osmanthus

Osmanthus remains evergreen all year round, with luxuriant branches and leaves. It blooms in autumn, and its fragrance spreads in all directions, so it can be called “dominating the three autumn months and pressing down the crowd of flowers.” It is commonly used in gardens, often as a landscape tree, planted singly, in opposite pairs, or in clumps and groves. In classical Chinese gardens it is often combined with buildings, mountains and stones, with clump-forming shrub-type plants placed near pavilions, terraces, towers and chambers. In ancient Chinese poetry that praised flowers, the number of works praising osmanthus was also quite considerable. Since ancient times it has been deeply loved by the Chinese people, and in Chinese culture it symbolizes the noble, the beautiful, the auspicious, the friendly, the loyal, the upright and unyielding, immortal friends, immortal guests, and more.