How to grow silk tree flowers? These methods you need to master
The silk tree flower symbolizes a loving couple, as beautiful as the flower itself. Silk tree flowers also have many benefits: they can invigorate blood and unblock collaterals, soothe qi and stimulate appetite, are a good remedy for insomnia, and can also help improve forgetfulness. So what are the benefits of silk tree flower tea brewed from silk tree flowers? What are the benefits of steeping silk tree flowers in water? Let me introduce them below.
I. Growing silk tree flowers
Propagate by sowing seeds; sowing can be done in both spring and autumn. Before sowing, soak the seeds in 35°C warm water for 24 hours, sow in shallow pots in holes, cover with 1-2 cm of soil, water by the soaking-pot method, keep moist, and under 15-20°C conditions, seedlings emerge after 7-10 days; when the seedlings are 5 cm tall, pot them up. When collecting seeds, select robust mother plants, strengthen management, and during the fruiting period collect as they ripen; the pods will split open automatically when mature. There are no special requirements for care and management. It can be grown in ordinary soil; during the growing period it does not need much fertilizer, and applying dilute liquid fertilizer 2-3 times is enough. Fertilizer should not be excessive; as long as the leaves are green and the growth is robust, that is enough. Do not let it grow leggy, because the sensitive plant is mainly a novelty foliage flower and is best kept small. The cultivation technique for silk tree flowers is simple, and management is extensive. It is not strict about climate, sunlight, or soil, but fertile, loose sandy loam is best; it likes a warm and humid environment.
II. Benefits and harms of drinking silk tree flowers steeped in water
1. Silk tree flowers can treat mild insomnia. If it still does not work after a long time, diazepam may be used appropriately for control, but it must never be taken long-term; long-term use of diazepam-type products will produce a certain dependence.
2. Silk tree flowers contain saponins, and saponins have a dissolving effect on red blood cells. If administered by intravenous injection, the toxicity is extremely great. Taken orally, they have tonic, stimulant, analgesic, insecticidal, and diuretic effects; and they are irritating to mucous membranes, spicy and bitter in taste, and can cause coughing and sore throat when entering the respiratory tract, so a mask and other protection should be worn when grinding them into powder.
Silk tree flowers are sweet in taste and neutral in nature. The silk tree is a nervous system tonic and has effects such as relieving stagnation, easing tension, and reducing fatigue. Therefore, if someone has symptoms such as fullness and stagnation in the chest and hypochondrium, unresolved depression, insomnia, and forgetfulness, take 9 g to 15 g of silk tree flowers each time and steep them in boiling water to drink. Through their effects of relieving depression, regulating qi, and calming the mind, they can naturally relieve worry and vexation and make one feel relaxed and cheerful.
III. How to eat silk tree flowers
How to brew and drink silk tree flowers
Brew silk tree flowers alone: take about 4-6 g of silk tree flowers, then directly add boiling water, and after about 5 minutes they are ready to drink.
Brew silk tree flowers together with rock sugar: take a small amount of rock sugar, pour boiling water over it, take 4-6 g of silk tree flowers, add them in, and after about 5 minutes they are ready to drink.
Brew silk tree flowers together with honey: take a small amount of honey, pour boiling water over it, then take 4-6 g of silk tree flowers, add them in, and after about 5 minutes they are ready to drink.
Silk tree flower porridge
Silk tree flowers have relatively good effects of strengthening the body, sedating, calming the mind, and beautifying, and are also a fine product for treating neurasthenia. When making silk tree flower porridge, you can take 30 g of dried silk tree flowers (50 g of fresh silk tree flowers), 100 g of japonica rice, an appropriate amount of brown sugar, add 500 g of water, and simmer until the porridge is thick; take it warm before bedtime. Silk tree flower porridge is sweet and delicious; regular use can calm the mind, beautify, make one full of energy, and prolong life.
The above is an introduction to how to grow silk tree flowers, and I hope it is helpful to you. The silk tree flower has a graceful tree form, and when it blooms the whole tree is brilliant and its delicate fragrance is pleasant. It is an excellent ornamental tree for courtyards, and can now be seen in home courtyards, roadside green belts, parks, and other places, with a very good beautifying effect.