How to break osmanthus is introduced as follows:
When picking, you need to break the branches first, then pick the flowers, and pick them in the order from outside to inside, from bottom to top. And the flowers and branches picked first need to be placed in a cool place. The reason why we need to pick the branches together is because mature osmanthus is very fragile and will fall off when touched, and the petals are relatively small. In order to ensure the integrity of the flowers, it is better to pick them with the branches, and it can also save picking time.
When picking, you need to spread plastic film on the ground. When the flower branches are thick, you can use a stick to complete the picking. Even if the flowers fall onto the plastic film, there will be no waste. Moreover, osmanthus is very useful in life. It can be made into osmanthus honey, osmanthus jam or sugar osmanthus, etc.
The best time to pick osmanthus
The flowering period of osmanthus is generally from September to October every day. You can choose to pick osmanthus in late September or early October. When the fresh osmanthus has just opened, there will be no wilted or spoiled osmanthus in the picked osmanthus.
When picking sweet-scented osmanthus, you can also do it in the early morning from late September to early October. At this time, the sweet-scented osmanthus has just begun to bloom, and it has not yet been visited by bees or other flying insects to collect nectar, and it will not be stained with nectar. Dust or flying insect feces, the fragrance of flowers is strong, and it is the cleanest.
Osmanthus fragrans can be used for cough due to phlegm, cold and pain in the abdomen, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. "Pharmacology of Traditional Chinese Medicine" records the effectiveness of osmanthus in removing bad breath. "Anhui Chinese Herbal Medicine" and "Zhejiang Medicinal Flora" both record that osmanthus mainly treats stomach cold and abdominal pain, and also has the effect of treating phlegm and cough. ?
In addition to its medicinal value, osmanthus can also be processed into osmanthus cake for consumption. Osmanthus cake has a long history and is also called Double Ninth Cake. There is a poem "The Mid-Autumn Festival has just passed and the Double Ninth Festival is over, and the flower cake is busy everywhere." . In addition to its therapeutic value, the sweet-scented osmanthus tree also has ornamental value. Its tree posture is upright and elegant, its crown is in the shape of a "bundle", and its soft lines give people a sense of stability and peace. A poem by Xie Maoyou of the Song Dynasty described osmanthus as "green clouds cut the leaves, protecting the golden dust", while Gu Ying of the Yuan Dynasty wrote "golden millet falls like rain".