What are the effects and benefits of crape myrtle flowers
Crape myrtle flower is a relatively common medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine, so what health benefits does crape myrtle flower have? In what areas is crape myrtle flower widely used in daily life? Let's take a brief look at the effects of crape myrtle flower.
The effects of crape myrtle:
1. Ornamental:
The flower colors are bright and beautiful, the flowering period is long, and the lifespan is long. It has already been widely cultivated as a garden ornamental tree. It is very suitable for planting in front of buildings, inside courtyards, beside ponds, along rivers, next to lawns, and on both sides of paths in parks. It is sometimes also made into bonsai. It is an excellent flowering tree with very good ornamental value.
2. Air purification:
Crape myrtle has strong resistance to sulfur dioxide, hydrogen fluoride, and chlorine gas. It can absorb harmful gases and also absorb and retain dust. According to monitoring, in a cement plant at a distance of 200-250 m from the pollution source, each square meter of crape myrtle leaves can absorb and retain 4042 g of dust, and the effect of cleaning and improving the air is quite significant.
3. Medicinal use:
Crape myrtle has medicinal effects. Mainly its roots and bark are used as medicine. It can promote blood circulation, stop bleeding, detoxify, and reduce swelling. It is used for various types of bleeding, fractures, mastitis, eczema, hepatitis, and cirrhosis with ascites. Li Shizhen stated in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that its bark, wood, and flowers have the effects of promoting blood circulation and menstruation, relieving pain, reducing swelling, and detoxifying. The seeds can be made into pesticides and have the effect of repelling and killing insects. The leaves treat white dysentery, the flowers treat postpartum uncontrollable uterine bleeding and infantile erosive scalp fetal toxin, and the roots treat carbuncles, swellings, and sores. It can be said to be a treasure from head to toe.
4. Wood:
Crape myrtle wood is hard and rot-resistant. It can be used as material for farm tools, furniture, construction, and so on. It is a very good type of wood.
Crape myrtle has many uses. It can be said that every part of it has value: it can be ornamental, medicinal, air-purifying, and used for wood. Its wide range of uses is not something ordinary flowers and trees can achieve. Planting crape myrtle in the home will make the home layout better and more beautiful. Feng shui applications of crape myrtle:
Feng shui applications of crape myrtle:
1. Wealth and honor:
In feng shui, when planting trees in a courtyard, great importance is attached to the name of the tree. The crape myrtle tree symbolizes "purple qi coming from the east" and is very "prosperous in energy," carrying the feng shui meaning of wealth and honor. Planting crape myrtle on the east side of a courtyard has positive significance for creating a wealthy household feng shui.
2. Auspiciousness:
It is said that the Twenty-Eight Mansions surround the Purple Forbidden Enclosure, just as ministers surround the imperial palace. The Purple Forbidden Enclosure is located above the northern sky and is where the Heavenly Emperor resides. The position it corresponds to in the human world is the center of the country, the Purple Palace, also called the "Forbidden City." The Purple Forbidden Star is the North Star. In the Purple Forbidden Enclosure, the Purple Forbidden Star is the Heavenly Emperor and governs heaven; the monarch resides in the Forbidden City as the emperor and governs the human world. In view of the legend of crape myrtle, crape myrtle is auspicious, and planting crape myrtle in a home courtyard is beneficial for creating auspicious household feng shui.
3. Harmony:
Feng shui advocates planting many plants and flowers in the courtyard, believing that they have four major functions: "storing water and sheltering from wind, nurturing the earth's veins with shade, resolving malicious energy, and increasing prosperity and good fortune." Crape myrtle is not only a medicinal material, but its flowers and seeds also have the effects of repelling insects and killing toxins, driving away evil and avoiding malicious energy, and purifying the air. Therefore, a courtyard without poison and without miasma naturally has clean and auspicious field energy, and it also has a certain feng shui significance for household harmony.
4. Longevity:
Crape myrtle is also a tree of longevity. Even after more than 500 years, it still blooms profusely. Its growth ability is very strong. It is an excellent variety of feng shui plant for courtyards, especially suitable for families with elderly people.
Crape myrtle is a very good feng shui plant tree species. Crape myrtle of different colors and varieties also has different meanings. For example, red crape myrtle with peach-red flowers has an auspicious meaning; silver crape myrtle with white or light purple flowers has an elegant meaning; and Cuiwei with light purple flowers has an abundant meaning. In household feng shui, plant feng shui is one part, and crape myrtle is a very good choice for creating good household feng shui.