What are the uses and purposes of Impatiens balsamina?

The uses of Impatiens balsamina

1. Ornamental use: its many colors are a delight to the eye. Besides being used in flower borders and bonsai arrangements, it can also be used as a cut flower.

2. Medicinal use: the seeds of Impatiens balsamina are also called "Ji Xing Zi" (impatient seed), and the stems are also called "Tou Gu Cao" (bone-penetrating herb); both can be used as medicine, with effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting diuresis and detoxification, and unblocking meridians and penetrating the bones. The fresh herb, pounded into a paste and applied externally, can treat sores, boils, swelling and pain, and insect bites. The seeds are an antidote, with effects of unblocking meridians, inducing labor, resolving phlegm and dissolving masses; pregnant women should not take them. The whole plant, pounded into juice, is used externally to treat traumatic injuries.
Modern pharmacological research has found that Impatiens balsamina also contains various anthocyanins, which have varying degrees of inhibitory effect on various pathogenic bacteria such as Trichophyton schoenleinii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Shigella.
3. Nail coloring use: Impatiens balsamina has a strong antifungal effect, and at the same time its colors are vivid; using it to dye nails can both treat onychomycosis and paronychia, and is a purely natural dyeing method that causes no harm whatsoever to the nails.
4. Hair dyeing: a purely natural plant-based hair dyeing method that causes no harm whatsoever to the body, and the resulting color is a fashionable red-brown.
4. Edible use: the tender leaves of Impatiens balsamina can be blanched and eaten as a cold dish with oil and salt.
5. Impatiens balsamina can also repel snakes. In places where Impatiens balsamina is planted, no snakes appear.