First, the day lily (day lily).
It has the reputation of "viewing flowers, eating vegetables and taking medicine". Its carotene content is no less than carrot, its meat is fat, its flowers are fragrant and its nutritional value is high. It is a famous alkaline food.
Plant culture: In ancient times, when a man was about to go out of town, he would plant lilies in the yard for his mother to appreciate and take care of, so as to reduce his thoughts on himself, so it was also called forgetting to worry about flowers.
Note: It is not advisable to eat more, especially anther, because it contains a variety of alkaloids, which will cause poisoning such as diarrhea. It is best to remove the stamens when eating. In addition, day lily is a hot and humid food. People who choose injuries and gastrointestinal disharmony should eat less, especially asthma patients, not to eat.
Second, peony (Paeonia suffruticosa)
Peony petals are rich in protein, fat, starch, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals, as well as vitamins A, B, C and E, especially a variety of free amino acids, which are more easily absorbed by the human body. PS: Root bark is used as medicine, called "Peony bark". It is an antispasmodic drug, which can cool blood and disperse blood stasis, and treat apoplexy and abdominal pain.
3. Jasmine
Jasmine is cold and light, and the flowers are very fragrant. It is a famous raw material of scented tea and an important raw material of essence. Flowers and leaves are used to treat redness and swelling of the eyes, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, and have the effects of "regulating qi, relieving depression, removing filth and harmonizing the middle warmer", and have good anti-inflammatory and detoxicating effects on dysentery, abdominal pain, conjunctivitis and sore poison.
Plant culture: Many countries regard jasmine as the flower of love. Young men and women exchange jasmine flowers to express their faithful love. It is also a very suitable decorative flower in solemn occasions such as weddings, and is often used by brides to hold flowers. It is also passed on from person to person as a flower of friendship.
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Chinese medicine believes that roses are sweet and bitter, warm in nature, and the most obvious effects are regulating qi and relieving depression, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, regulating menstruation and relieving pain. At present, there are only a dozen varieties of traditional roses commonly cultivated in China, such as Bitter Water Rose (Bitter Water Town, Yongdeng County, Gansu Province), pingyin rose (Pingyin County, Shandong Province), Damascus Series Rose, Venetian Rose (French variety) and so on. There are only 7-8 varieties cultivated on a large scale in production.
Plant Culture: In China, the rose is regarded as a symbol of assassins and chivalrous men because of its prickly stems. In the west, roses are regarded as a symbol of keeping secrets. When you are a guest and see roses painted on the table of the host family, you will understand that everything you say on this table can't be spread abroad, so there is the Latin idiom "under the rose".
Five, Sophora japonica (Sophora japonica)
Sophora japonica can be divided into three types, namely Sophora japonica, Sophora japonica and ornamental Sophora japonica. Sophora japonica is edible, mainly used as medicine, and ornamental Sophora japonica is toxic. Edible Sophora japonica is sweet and fragrant, rich in vitamins and minerals, and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and moistening lung, lowering blood pressure and preventing stroke.
Plant culture: There is absolutely no acacia over 50 years old/kloc-0 in China, which is an exotic tree species. Sophora japonica is called Chinese locust, which has been common for more than 500 years. China's ancient poems related to Sophora japonica, such as "Autumn is full" (Bai Juyi's Autumn Day), "Wind dancing Sophora japonica falls into the imperial ditch, and Nanshan falls into autumn" (Zilan's Early Autumn in Chang 'an), praise Sophora japonica, a native tree species in China, not Robinia pseudoacacia or Robinia pseudoacacia.
Six, DendrobiumnobileLindl. )
Dendrobium is listed as the top grade in Shennong Herbal Classic. There are Dendrobium candidum, Dendrobium nobile and Dendrobium huoshanense. Dendrobium has the functions of invigorating spleen and kidney and regulating yin and yang (both yin and yang supplement); Modern pharmacological research shows that Dendrobium not only has the functions of clearing heat and nourishing yin, but also has the functions of warming yang and dispelling cold, regulating immune function and resisting aging.
Plant culture:
(1) Dendrobium candidum, which is produced in Laoyanshan, Zhejiang Province, is a national second-class rare and endangered protected plant. It is also called "Nine Immortals" with Saussurea involucrata, Ginseng and Cordyceps sinensis, and is called "Medical Giant Panda" by the international medicinal plant community. Similarly, Dendrobium huoshanense is known as "life-saving fairy grass" in history, while modern people are known as "the best fairy grass in China" and "healthy soft gold".
(2) In foreign countries, Dendrobium is regarded as "strong-willed, honest and amiable". It has the flower language of "Welcome, dear". Every June 19, people will give Dendrobium to their father, so Dendrobium is also called "Father's Day Flower".
Seven, kapok (hero flower, kapok kapok)
The flower of kapok can be used as food for vegetables. It can treat bacillary dysentery, enteritis and stomachache. Bark has the functions of expelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling. Roots have the functions of expelling wind, removing dampness, resolving hard mass and relieving pain.
Plant culture:
(1) Kapok is a specialty of South China and the city flower of Guangzhou, Kaohsiung and Panzhihua.
(2) The flowers of the kapok tree are bright red, just like being dyed with the blood of a hero, so it is called a hero tree.
Eight, azaleas (azaleas. )
Rhododendron is a big family in the flower industry. There are more than 1000 species of rhododendrons, and their family influence covers Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania.
Plant culture: There are as many as 560 species of rhododendrons in China, but they have been hidden in the mountains for a long time and have not been appreciated by people. For flowers with good color and fragrance, this situation is somewhat surprising. In Bai Juyi's poems "azaleas fall, azaleas crow" and "Where can the national color find the fragrance at this time", and in Li Bai's poem "Shu once heard azaleas, Xuancheng also saw azaleas", we can vaguely see the efforts made by scholars in the process of understanding azaleas at that time. During this period, some scholars tried to transplant many times, but few succeeded. Rhododendron was not a popular flower until the Qing Dynasty. By the end of 17, British gardeners successfully introduced and cultivated rhododendron from Alps for the first time, which opened the prelude to the great development of rhododendron cultivation in the world. 1856, a famous British plant hunter discovered a rhododendron called Yunjin Rhododendron in Yunnan, China. This colorful and attractive azalea became an important parent for later cultivation of azaleas. It can be said that the appearance of Jinyun Rhododendron greatly enriched the resource pool of Rhododendron breeding in the world and made Rhododendron truly become a garden ornamental flower. Rhododendron,1May, 985, was rated as one of the top ten flowers in China.
Nine, osmanthus fragrans (osmanthus fragrans)
There are many varieties of horticulture, the most representative of which are Dangui, Jingui, Sijigui and Yin Gui. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that osmanthus fragrans is warm and pungent, and can be taken orally by decocting, making tea or soaking in wine, which can resolve phlegm and dissipate blood stasis, and has certain curative effects on anorexia, excessive phlegm, cough and asthma, intestinal wind and blood dysentery, amenorrhea and abdominal pain. Ramulus Cinnamomi, Ramulus Cinnamomi and Ramulus Cinnamomi can all be used as medicine.
How to eat:
(1) Mix osmanthus fragrans and pure lotus root powder with white sugar to make osmanthus fragrans lotus root powder, which is delicious and appetizing.
(2) Take the superior jujube and add sugar to cook it. When the soup is almost finished, add osmanthus, that is, osmanthus candied dates that strengthen the spleen and stimulate appetite.
Plant culture: Osmanthus fragrans is also known as "fairy tree" and "old moon in flowers". The ancients believed that osmanthus fragrans was the best medicine, so the wine brewed with osmanthus fragrans could achieve the effect of "drinking for thousands of years". For example, in the Han Dynasty, osmanthus wine was a good product for people to worship their ancestors. After the sacrifice, the younger generation respects the elders with osmanthus wine, which symbolizes longevity. The wine is sweet and mellow, and has the effects of stimulating appetite, sobering up, invigorating spleen and tonifying deficiency. Osmanthus fragrans wine is especially suitable for women to drink, and is known as "women's happiness wine".
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Lily, a * * * has more than 30 varieties, but only two varieties can be eaten, one is Lanzhou lily and the other is longan lily. Lily is fleshy and rich in starch, protein and vitamins. It has a unique flavor and can be used for cooking.
Plant culture: The origin of the name "Lily" is because its bulb is surrounded by many white scales and looks like a lotus, so it is named after the meaning of "harmony for a hundred years". Therefore, lily symbolizes the love of husband and wife and has always been a wedding flower.
Other vegetables that are usually regarded as official vegetables include taro flower, leek flower, pumpkin flowers, magnolia flower, wisteria flower, lotus flower and plantain flower. In addition, roses, chrysanthemums, epiphyllum, kapok, jasmine, orchids, osmanthus and so on are all beauty products. Interested friends, you can consult the relevant literature to find out.