What are the benefits and effects of wintersweet flowers? Latest detailed explanation
Wintersweet flowers contain borneol, eucalyptol, linalool and other components. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that wintersweet flowers are slightly sweet, pungent and cooling in flavor, and have the effects of relieving summer heat and promoting fluid production, stimulating appetite and dispersing stagnation, removing toxins and promoting tissue regeneration, and relieving cough. They mainly treat summer-heat dizziness, vomiting, thirst and restlessness from febrile disease, chest oppression from qi stagnation, cough and other diseases. Among the people, wintersweet flowers are often decocted in water and given to infants to drink, and have the effect of clearing heat and removing toxins.
Ornamental value
Wintersweet blooms in cold winter, with a delicate fragrance spreading all around, and is most suitable for planting in courtyards. Wintersweet paired with nandina, with yellow flowers and red berries, is a good material for flower arrangements and bonsai.
Medicinal value
1. Pharmacological effects: Intravenous injection in rabbits can lower blood sugar. It has an excitatory effect on isolated rabbit intestine and uterus.
2. Benefits and effects: Removing toxins and clearing heat; regulating qi and dispersing stagnation. Mainly treats summer-heat thirst; dizziness; chest oppression and gastric stuffiness; globus hystericus; sore and swollen throat; whooping cough; measles in children; scald and burn injuries. Dispersing stagnation and harmonizing the middle, resolving phlegm, and removing toxins. Used for depression and restlessness, liver-stomach qi pain, globus hystericus, and scrofula and sore toxins.
[Preparation] Pick out residual stems, sand and stones, and clods of earth. Sun-dry or oven-dry, and set aside for use.
[Nature and flavor] Pungent; sweet; slightly bitter, cooling in nature; slightly toxic.
[Meridian entry] Lung; Stomach meridians.
[Usage and dosage] Internal use: decoct in water, 3-9g. External use: appropriate amount, soak in oil and apply, or drip into the ear.
[Caution] Use with caution in those with exuberant dampness.
[Attached formulas] (1) To treat chronic cough: Tiekuaizi flower 3 qian. Infuse in boiling water and take. "Guiyang Folk Medicinal Herbs" (2) To treat scald and burn injuries: Wintersweet flowers soaked in (and applied with) tea oil. "Lingnan Materia Medica Collection"
[Various schools' discussions] (1) "Compendium of Materia Medica": Relieves summer heat, promotes fluid production. (2) "Zhejiang Manual of Chinese Materia Medica": Treats summer-warmth chest stuffiness and thirst, measles in children, and whooping cough. (3) "Jiangsu Plant Medicine Record": Treats restlessness and thirst, and qi stagnation with gastric stuffiness.
[Commonly used folk remedies] (1) Cough: Wintersweet flowers 9 g, infused in boiling water as a tea substitute. (2) Gastric qi pain: Wintersweet flowers or roots 9-15 g, infused as tea or decocted in water and taken. (3) Otitis media: Wintersweet flower buds soaked in sesame oil or rapeseed oil; after 3-5 days, use the oil to drip into the ear, 2-3 drops each time. (4) Wind-cold common cold: Roots 15 g, fresh ginger 3-5 slices, decocted in water, then add an appropriate amount of brown sugar and take. (5) Scald and burn injuries: Wintersweet flowers soaked in rapeseed oil, then applied to the affected area. (6) Summer heat, restlessness, dizziness and headache: Wintersweet flowers, hyacinth bean flowers and fresh lotus leaves in appropriate amounts each, decocted in water and taken. (7) Acute conjunctivitis: Wintersweet flowers 6 g, chrysanthemum 9 g, decocted in water, mixed with a little honey and taken.
Edible value
1. Braised beef strips with wintersweet: Beef 500 g, wintersweet flowers 10 blooms, lard 50 g, onion 25 g, celery 25 g, carrot 25 g, roux 15 g, refined salt, peppercorns and ground pepper in appropriate amounts each. Cut the beef into strips, mix well with salt and ground pepper, and put into the pot; when both sides are fried to a light yellow, add onion chunks, celery sections, carrot slices, peppercorns, etc., bring to a boil over high heat, and cook for half an hour; then add the roux and the blanched wintersweet petals, and it is ready to eat.
2. Plum blossom congee: Take 5-7 white plum blossoms, pull off the petals, and wash them clean with water for later use. Wash 100 g of japonica rice, put it into a pot and cook until the congee is done, add the white plum blossoms and an appropriate amount of white sugar, and bring to a brief boil. This congee can soothe the liver and regulate qi, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, and refresh the mind and improve eyesight. It is suitable for liver-stomach qi pain, depression and discomfort, loss of appetite, dizziness and headache, neurosis, etc., and is a commonly used item for stimulating appetite and dispersing stagnation.
3. Wintersweet fish head soup: Wintersweet flowers 10 blooms, fish head 750 g, various seasonings in appropriate amounts, clear chicken stock 1000 g. Wash the fish head and put it into the pot to stew; then add the seasonings, and after adjusting the flavor, add the wintersweet petals, and it is ready to eat.
4. Stewed tofu with wintersweet: Wintersweet flowers 5 blooms, tofu in an appropriate amount, cooked soybean oil 250 g, shredded scallion, cilantro, refined salt and ground pepper in appropriate amounts each. Put the pot on the heat; after the oil is hot, add the cut tofu strips and fry until yellow, then remove. Pour out the oil, add the shredded scallion and stir-fry briefly, add water and salt, then pour in the tofu strips and stew for 5 minutes; add the ground pepper, and when taking out of the pot, add the wintersweet flowers and monosodium glutamate to adjust the flavor.
5. Plum blossom congee: Take 5-7 white plum blossoms, pull off the petals, and wash them clean with water for later use. Wash 100 g of japonica rice, put it into a pot and cook until the congee is done, add the white plum blossoms and an appropriate amount of white sugar, and bring to a brief boil. This congee can soothe the liver and regulate qi, strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite, and refresh the mind and improve eyesight. It is suitable for liver-stomach qi pain, depression and discomfort, loss of appetite, dizziness and headache, neurosis, etc., and is a commonly used item for stimulating appetite and dispersing stagnation.