When Does the Silk Tree Flower Bloom? A Detailed Introduction to Its Blooming Period
The silk tree flower is also called night-blooming silk tree, night-closing tree, velvet flower tree, bird velvet tree, bitter love flower, etc. It is a temperate, subtropical and tropical tree species. Its blooming period is June-July, and its fruiting period is August-October. It is produced in China from the Northeast to South China and all provinces and regions of the Southwest. It has the effects of relieving depression and calming the mind, nourishing yin and tonifying yang, regulating qi and stimulating appetite, and activating collaterals to relieve pain. Now let us take a look at when the silk tree flower blooms!
When Does the Silk Tree Flower Bloom
The silk tree flower generally blooms in June to July. After blooming, the main axis of its inflorescence can continue to extend upward, constantly producing bracts and flower buds, just like monopodial branching, so it is also called a monopodial inflorescence. It is very beautiful, mostly red or pink, occasionally white, and looks like a fan, fluffy, very similar to a dandelion.
The Flower Language of the Silk Tree Flower
The leaves of the silk tree flower face each other in pairs and clasp together, and at night they clasp together, symbolizing that husband and wife will always be loving. Therefore, giving silk tree flowers to each other is most suitable between husband and wife.
It is said that Yu Shun died while on a southern inspection tour to Cangwu, and his consorts Ehuang and Nüying searched all along the Xiang River but never found him. The two consorts wept all day, and when their tears ran out, they wept blood, and when their blood ran out, they died, and then became spirits. Later, people discovered that their spirits and Yu Shun's spirit “became one” and turned into the silk tree. The leaves of the silk tree open by day and close by night, loving each other. Since then, people have often used the silk tree to represent unswerving love.
The Effects of the Silk Tree Flower
The silk tree flower is sweet and bitter in taste, neutral in nature, and enters the heart and spleen meridians. It has the effects of relieving depression and calming the mind, regulating qi and stimulating appetite, dispelling wind and improving vision, and activating blood and relieving pain. It mainly treats depression and insomnia, chest tightness and poor appetite, wind-fire eye diseases, blurred vision, waist pain, bruises and injuries, and other conditions.
1. To treat insomnia due to disharmony between the heart and kidney: silk tree flower, cassia bark, coptis, and tuber fleeceflower stem. Decoct and take.
2. To treat wind-fire eye diseases: silk tree flower with chicken liver, sheep liver, or pig liver, steam and take.
3. To treat blurred vision: silk tree flower and yiduoyun, soak in wine and take.
4. To treat pain from blows and knocks: night-blooming silk tree flower powder, mix with wine and take two qianbi.
5. To treat long-unresolved waist and leg pain: four liang of night-blooming silk tree flower, one liang of achyranthes root (remove sprouts), one liang of safflower, one liang of rock salt, half a liang of almond (soaked in hot water, peeled, bran-fried until slightly yellow), and one liang of cassia heart. Grind the above medicines and sift into powder, mix with refined honey and pound over a hundred times, and make into pills the size of parasol tree seeds. Take thirty pills on an empty stomach every day with warm wine, and take again before the evening meal.