What are the latest health benefits and effects of sweet osmanthus?
Sweet osmanthus is also known as rock osmanthus, wood rhinoceros, golden millet, etc. It is the flower of the Oleaceae plant Osmanthus fragrans, widely cultivated throughout China. As a medicine it has the effects of warming the lungs and transforming fluids, and dispelling cold to relieve pain, and it has therapeutic effects on phlegm-fluid cough and asthma, cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, intestinal wind and bloody dysentery, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, cold hernia abdominal pain, toothache, bad breath and other conditions. Now let us take a look together at the benefits and effects of sweet osmanthus!
Medicinal value of sweet osmanthus
[Nature and flavor]Pungent in flavor, warm in nature.
[Meridian entry]Lung, spleen and kidney meridians.
[Effects]Warms the lungs and transforms fluids, dispels cold and relieves pain; treats phlegm-fluid cough and asthma, cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, intestinal wind and bloody dysentery, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, cold hernia abdominal pain, toothache and bad breath.
Related discussions on sweet osmanthus
1. "Ben Cao Hui Yan": Disperses cold qi, dissolves stagnant blood, stops intestinal wind and bloody dysentery.
2. "Lu Chuan Ben Cao": Treats phlegm-fluid cough and asthma.
3. "Pharmacology of Chinese Medicine": Treats bad breath and blurred vision.
Medicinal effects of sweet osmanthus
1. Sweet osmanthus has the effects of transforming phlegm, relieving cough and calming asthma, and is used for cough and asthma with abundant phlegm, amenorrhea and abdominal pain and other conditions.
2. Sweet osmanthus has the action of moving qi, and can soothe the liver and regulate qi, dissipate stasis and relieve pain, calm the nerves and moisturize the skin.
3. Sweet osmanthus can remove abnormal odors in the mouth and has the effect of killing bacteria in the mouth.
4. Sweet osmanthus can nourish yin and tonify the kidney, replenish original qi, regulate bodily functions, mediate the endocrine system, protect the liver and nourish the stomach.
5. Sweet osmanthus can balance the nervous system, and especially can drive out dampness from the body, soothing the spirit and calming the mind.
Culinary uses of sweet osmanthus
1. 1 gram of dried sweet osmanthus and 2 grams of tea leaves: put the dried sweet osmanthus and tea leaves into a cup, brew with boiling water for 6 minutes and it is ready to drink. Drink 1 cup each in the morning and evening; it can strengthen muscles and nourish the skin, invigorate blood and moisten the throat, and treat bad breath and toothache, and is suitable for dry skin, hoarse voice, toothache and other conditions.
2. Several flowers of sweet osmanthus, 1 small teaspoon of refined salt, 1 small teaspoon of rock sugar: wash the sweet osmanthus repeatedly with salt water and drain, then place it in a cup, pour in boiling water, add the rock sugar, cover the cup, and let it steep for about three minutes. It can transform phlegm and dissipate stasis, and treat cough.
3. 12 grams of sweet osmanthus, 6 grams of dried ginger, 4 grams of raw licorice. Bake the sweet osmanthus, dried ginger and raw licorice dry and grind into powder, then mix evenly and add a little salt; drinking this as tea has a weight-loss effect.
4. An appropriate amount of dried sweet osmanthus, one packet of green tea, an appropriate amount of honey. Place the sweet osmanthus and green tea packet in a cup, brew with hot boiling water, wait about three minutes to let the sweet osmanthus release its flavor, then add the honey and it is ready; it is suitable for dry skin, hoarse voice, toothache and other conditions.