Flowers and plants are not only beautiful, some are also precious medicinal herbs
Nowadays many people have the habit of growing flowers, which not only beautifies the environment but also lifts the spirit, but how many people have ever thought that the plants they grow are actually Chinese herbal medicines? We all know how good the effects of Chinese herbal medicines are. If some flowers and plants are also Chinese herbal medicines, how wonderful that would be. So do you know which Chinese herbal medicine plants there are? In fact, many Chinese herbal medicine plants are very beautiful. If we keep these Chinese herbal medicine plants around us, can't we use them when we need them? Let's take a look at which Chinese herbal medicine flowers there are
Datura
Wild, all-white flowers, tubular in shape. Capsules grow upright, with hard prickles. Often grows in wasteland, dry land, beside houses, on sunny slopes, at forest edges and in grasslands. It likes warmth, sunshine and well-drained sandy loam. It has medicinal or ornamental value.
Chinese rose
The leaves, roots and flowers of the Chinese rose can all be used as medicine. They can reduce inflammation and detoxify, promote blood circulation and reduce swelling, and remove blood stasis and move qi. It is a commonly used gynecological medicine in traditional Chinese medicine, often used to treat irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea.
Directions:
1. Take 15 grams of fresh Chinese rose petals, add two bowls of water, and simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
2. Take 10 g of Chinese rose flowers and 12 g of jujubes, add two bowls of water and bring to a boil. After it cools, you can add some honey. It is both a tasty drink and a way to regulate the body.
3. Chinese rose flowers can also be used to make tea. Many women use it as a drink for promoting blood circulation and beauty
Japanese honeysuckle
Japanese honeysuckle can clear heat and detoxify, enhance immunity, reduce inflammation and protect the liver, relieve summer heat and brighten the eyes, and has strong medicinal value. Japanese honeysuckle is also called honeysuckle flower, and comes from the "Compendium of Materia Medica". It blooms in March and is highly adaptable. It likes sun and tolerates shade, has strong cold resistance, and also tolerates drought and waterlogging. It is not strict about soil requirements, but grows best in moist, fertile, deep sandy loam
Directions:
1. After boiling the vines and leaves of Japanese honeysuckle in water, use the water for bathing to treat skin itching in children.
2. Boil Japanese honeysuckle together with chrysanthemum, licorice and balloon flower, and take it after it cools to treat pharyngitis and tonsillitis.
3. Soak Japanese honeysuckle in water to reduce eye heat and internal heat, and it has the effect of detoxifying and beautifying the skin.
Silk tree
Silk tree flowers can calm the nerves and relieve depression, nourish yin and tonify the kidneys, clear heat and relieve summer heat, and are also a good medicine for treating insomnia.
Directions:
1. Make porridge: Take 50 g of silk tree flowers, 100 g of japonica rice, some brown sugar, add 500 g of water, and cook into porridge. Take it at night to treat insomnia and calm and soothe the nerves.
2. Soak silk tree flowers directly in water and add rock sugar or brown sugar. It can remove spots and beautify the skin, and treat forgetfulness and insomnia.
Mint
Mint can treat colds, headaches and skin itching, and can clear heat and relieve summer heat, reduce internal heat and remove dryness. Mint is a perennial herbaceous plant that can be used both as medicine and as food. It grows very easily. Both the leaves and stems have a fresh fragrance, and it is also suitable for purifying the air.
Directions:
1. Soak mint leaves in water and add lemon and honey. It can cool and relieve summer heat, and ease indigestion.
2. Cut mint leaves into shreds, put them in water, add rice, and cook into porridge. It can clear internal heat and reduce dryness, and strengthen the stomach and spleen
Aloe
Aloe can disinfect and sterilize, remove acne and beautify the skin, and prevent and treat constipation.
Directions:
1. Take a small aloe leaf, tear off the outer skin and apply it to the skin. It can relieve skin itching caused by mosquito bites, and can also disinfect small wounds.
2. Remove the outer skin of aloe and, together with fresh fruits such as watermelon and kiwifruit, squeeze it into juice. It can clear heat and reduce internal heat, and detoxify and beautify the skin.
Jasmine
Jasmine flowers can soothe the liver and detoxify, reduce internal heat and remove dryness, and beautify the skin.
Directions:
1. Dry jasmine flowers and make tea. It can clear heat and reduce internal heat.
2. Stir-frying eggs with jasmine flowers can nourish the liver and soothe the mind, and soften blood vessels.
With the improvement of living standards, many friends grow some flowers and plants at home. Many common flowers and plants also fall within the scope of Chinese herbal medicines. Traditional Chinese medicine often speaks of "herbal medicines". Some flowers and plants are both beautiful and precious medicinal herbs. Do you know them all now? Don't waste them anymore