Useful plants

There are many exotic plants, such as pitcher plants, wormwood, felt moss and flycatcher, which are famous for "catching insects". Mimosa is famous for its shyness. Sunflowers are exposed to the sun for half a day, and they survive when inserted into the soil; The maximum diameter of Wang Lian blade is 4m; The fruit of wild litchi is sweet and delicious, but it can poison people and make them feel high. Datura can make people hear voices. It is said that Huatuo's anesthetic is made of it. Plants that can absorb toxic chemicals: aloe, chlorophytum, Eupatorium odoratum and Phyllostachys pubescens are natural scavengers, which can remove harmful substances in the air. The research shows that Eupatorium odoratum and chlorophytum can absorb more than 80% of indoor harmful gases, and their ability to absorb formaldehyde is super strong. Aloe vera is also a good hand at absorbing formaldehyde. It can absorb 90% of formaldehyde contained in 1 m3 air. It can effectively remove harmful substances such as sulfur dioxide, chlorine, ether, ethylene, carbon monoxide, nitrogen peroxide, orchids, osmanthus flowers, wax flowers, etc., such as ivy, cycads, kumquat, pomegranate, Scutellaria barbata, rose, camellia, Milan, daisy, Chimonanthus praecox, marigold and so on. Its cilia can intercept and absorb particles and smoke floating in the air. Volatile oil produced by fragrant flowers such as rose, osmanthus fragrans, violet, jasmine, lemon, rose, carnation, lily of the valley and crape myrtle. , can kill bacteria, can kill diphtheria, dysentery bacteria and other protobacteria within 5 minutes.

Green is a symbol of life, and people can't live without it. Green gives people a fresh, soft and comfortable feeling, which can purify the air and beautify the environment. Moreover, green plants are lovely because they are not only ornamental, but also have medicinal and edible values. Flowers are indispensable health care friends. Flowers are an important part of Chinese herbal medicine, and honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, wintersweet, hibiscus, rhododendron, rose and lotus are all commonly used Chinese herbal medicines. Honeysuckle can treat habitual constipation, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels, and thin the lower abdomen. Flowers can bring health and beauty to women. For example, hibiscus can moisturize the skin, prevent wrinkles and remove wrinkles, and have a therapeutic effect on facial acne; Roses can be made into various beauty lotions and masks, which have good effects of enhancing fragrance, moisturizing and rejuvenating skin.

medical care

1, cockscomb

Celosia cristata L. (scientific name: Celosia cristata L.), Chinese alias: Celosia cristata, Laolaihong, Luhuajiguan, Bijiguan, Xiaotoujiguan, Fengweijiguan, Dajigong, Jiaogen and Hongjiguan. Panicum miliaceum, which blooms in summer and autumn, is mostly red and looks like a cockscomb, so it is called a cockscomb. Native to Africa, tropical America and India. Like sunshine, hot and humid, not resistant to frost. Not barren, like loose fertile soil with good drainage. Common garden plants are widely planted all over the world. In addition, it has high medicinal value.

Indications: cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Treat hemorrhoid bleeding, red and white diarrhea, hematemesis, hemoptysis, bloody stranguria, female metrorrhagia, red and white leucorrhea.

2, honeysuckle

Honeysuckle, also known as honeysuckle (scientific name: honeysuckle). The name honeysuckle comes from Compendium of Materia Medica. Because honeysuckle turns white first and then yellow, it is named honeysuckle. Honeysuckle. It is the dried bud or the first flowering flower of Lonicera japonica Thunb. It blooms in March, comes out in five, is slightly fragrant, with red pedicels, white flowers at first, and yellow flowers in a day or two, hence the name honeysuckle. Also, because one stalk has two flowers, and two stamens are stretched out, they are inseparable in pairs, like a male and a female, and like a pair of dancing ducks, so they are called Yuanyang Teng.

Indications: fullness, abdomen, fever, carbuncle due to heat toxicity and tumor. It has certain curative effect on dizziness, thirst, sweating and boredom, enteritis, bacillary dysentery, measles, pneumonia, Japanese encephalitis, meningitis, acute mastitis, septicemia, appendicitis, skin infection, carbuncle and furuncle, erysipelas, mumps, suppurative tonsillitis and other diseases.

3, hemostatic grass

Perennial herb with alternate leaves, narrowly oblanceolate or strip oblanceolate. The stem height 10~50cm, especially in the wild state, is particularly small and delicate, with blue flowers. Happy for the sun, resistant to shade, easy to broadcast. Forget-me-not flowers are small and beautiful. There is a circle of yellow core in the center of the blue flower, and the color is harmonious and eye-catching. In particular, the rolled umbrella inflorescence is gradually elongated with the opening of the flower, and it is half exposed, which is attractive and unforgettable.

Indications: It can treat traumatic injury, internal bleeding, hematochezia, uterine bleeding, etc.

4. Canna

Canna (scientific name: Canna): a perennial herb with a height of1.5m.. The whole plant is green and hairless, covered with waxy white powder. Has a huge rhizome. The ground is covered with branches. Simple leaves alternate; Sheathed petiole; Leaf blade ovoid oblong. Racemes, flowers solitary or opposite; Sepals 3, green and white, with reddish apex; Corolla is mostly red, with 2-3 external staminodes, bright red; Lips lanceolate, curved; Capsule, oval, green, flowering and fruiting in March-65438+February.

Main functions: rhizome clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, relaxing tendons and activating collaterals; Treat jaundice, hepatitis, rheumatism, numbness, traumatic hemorrhage, traumatic injury, uterine prolapse, heartburn, etc. Stem and leaf fibers can be made into artificial cotton, woven bags and twisted ropes, and the residue after extracting aromatic oil from their leaves can also be used as paper raw materials.

5. Impatiens

Impatiens balsamina, alias: Impatiens balsamina, Impatiens balsamina, Impatiens balsamina, Impatiens balsamina, Impatiens balsamina annual herbaceous flowers, divided into six parts: root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed. Because its flower head, wings, tail and feet are all like a phoenix, it is also called Jin Fenghua.

Indications: Flowers and leaves are usually used to dye nails. Stems and seeds are used as medicine. The stem has the effects of expelling wind and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and can be used for treating rheumatic joint pain and unfavorable flexion and extension. The seed named "Acute Child" has the effect of softening hard mass and promoting digestion, and is used to treat choking of diaphragm, sore throat, abdominal mass and amenorrhea.

6.azaleas

Rhododendron, alias: Tripterygium wilfordii, Shan Shiliu, Rhododendron, Latin scientific name: Rhododendron. Deciduous shrub or deciduous shrub of Ericaceae. There are about 900 kinds of azaleas in the world. China is the country with the widest distribution of rhododendrons, with about 530 species. Rhododendron is one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China, with many kinds and beautiful flowers and leaves. Legend has it that azaleas were dyed by a bird that vomited blood. Macheng under Dabie Mountain in Hubei and huangpi district in Wuhan are rich in azaleas, most of which are commonly known as azaleas.

Indications: Roots can dispel wind and remove dampness, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and flowers and leaves can clear away heat and toxic materials, resolve phlegm and relieve itching.

7. Ficus carica (called shit fruit in Hakka) I heard that the meat inside is actually the egg of a wasp. .........

Figs. It is a flowering plant, belonging to Ficus of Moraceae, which mainly grows in some tropical and temperate places and belongs to subtropical deciduous small trees. At present, there are 800 varieties of fig, most of which are evergreen varieties, and only those growing in temperate regions are deciduous varieties. The fruit is bulbous with a small hole in the tail, and the pollen is spread by wasps.

The female bee enters the fig through a narrow hole to lay eggs and then dies. Its eggs will hatch, in which the male bees hatch first, then fly out of the figs, find the figs with female bees to enter, mate with them, and then die. The female wasp flies away with fertilized eggs and pollen and begins a new cycle. Figs will break down dead wasps into protein that can be absorbed by plants.

Medicinal value: invigorating stomach and clearing intestines, reducing swelling and detoxifying. Treat enteritis, dysentery, constipation, hemorrhoid, sore throat, carbuncle, scabies, sore throat, appetizing and expelling worms. Can be used for anorexia, epigastric pain, hemorrhoid constipation, dyspepsia, hemorrhoid, rectocele, diarrhea, hypogalactia, sore throat, dysentery with fever, cough with excessive phlegm, etc.

Meat is wasp eggs, and I am afraid to think about it.

8. Jasmine (Hengxian County, Guangxi is the hometown of jasmine)

Jasmin sambac(l .)Ait, an erect or climbing shrub of Oleaceae and Jasminum, is 3 meters high. Branchlets cylindrical or slightly compressed, sometimes hollow, sparsely pilose. The leaves are opposite, simple, papery, round, ovoid or obovate, with rounded or obtuse ends. The base is sometimes slightly heart-shaped, the top is slightly concave or concave, the bottom is convex, and the venules on both sides are often obvious and slightly convex, except for the tufts of hairs between the axils of the lower veins, the rest are hairless; Lobes oblong to suborbicular, apex rounded or obtuse.

Medicinal value: root (jasmine root): bitter, warm in nature. Toxic. Anesthesia, analgesia Used for bone and muscle injury, dental caries, headache and insomnia. Leaves (jasmine leaves): pungent, cool. Flowers (Jasmine): pungent, sweet and warm. Regulating qi to relieve depression, eliminating filth and harmonizing. Used for diarrhea, abdominal pain, red eyes, redness and soreness.

9.Chimonanthus praecox

Chimonanthus praecox ) link (Flora of China), English name: Chimonanthus praecox, Chinese alias: Jinmei, Chimonanthus praecox, Huang Meihua.

Medicinal value: relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production, regulating qi and relieving cough. Can be used for treating summer heat, anxiety, thirst, whooping cough, liver and stomach gas pain, and fire and water burns. Chimonanthus praecox is not only an ornamental flower, but also contains many aromatic substances, such as linalool, borneol, eucalyptol, pinene, sesquiterpene alcohol and so on. It is one of the fragrant flowers for making high-grade scented tea. Its refined high-grade perfume,1000g, is equivalent to the price of 5000g gold in the international market.

10, white orchid

White orchid DC. ): evergreen tree, height17m, broad branches and broad canopy; DBH is 30 cm; Bark gray; Rub branches and leaves with fragrance; The shoots and buds are densely yellow and white puberulent, and the hairs gradually fall off when they are old. Leaves are thin leathery, oblong or lanceolate, hairless at the top, sparsely puberulent at the bottom, and reticular veins are obvious on both sides when dry. The flowers are white and very fragrant; Tepals 10, lanceolate; There are many pistils and carpels, which form sparse aggregate fruit with the extension of receptacle when mature; Klee is bright red when he matures. Flowering from April to September, flowering in summer, generally no fruit.

Medicinal value: soaking petals with wine can eliminate papules caused by mosquito bites.

1 1, magnolia

Magnolia grandiflora DC. ) is a variety of magnolia with white flowers. Also known as Mulan, Magnolia and so on. Evergreen trees, as high as 17m, are famous flowers and trees in China, important ornamental trees in early spring in northern China, and Shanghai flowers, with a cultivation history of about 2,500 years, are precious ornamental trees in gardens.

Medicinal value: root: urinary tract infection, unfavorable urination, carbuncle swelling. Leaves: clearing heat and diuresis; Cough relieving and phlegm resolving. Major urinary tract infection; Poor urination; Tracheitis. Flowers: wet; Qi; Stop coughing. Main chest tightness and abdominal distension; Heatstroke; Cough; Prostatitis; whites

12, Lily of the Valley

Lily of the valley (scientific name: Lily of the valley. ): Also known as Yingjuncao, Lily of the Valley and Bellflower, it is the only variety of Lily of the Valley. It tastes sweet and poisonous. Lily of the valley is a perennial herb. The plant is short, the whole plant is hairless, and there are many branches and creeping roots underground. Glossy. They embrace each other in a sheath shape, and there are several sheath-like membranous scales at the base. Leaves elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, flowers bell-shaped, pendulous, racemes, bracts lanceolate, membranous, style shorter than perianth. Round dark red berries in autumn, poisonous, oval and flat seeds. The flowering and fruiting period is May-July.

Medicinal value: (toxic but not excessive) warming yang and promoting diuresis; Promoting blood circulation and expelling wind. Major congestive heart failure; Rheumatic heart disease; Paroxysmal tachycardia; oedema

13, Dahlia

Dahlia. Also known as Dali Flower, Tianzhu Peony, Oriental Chrysanthemum, Dahlia, and Sweet Potato Flower, it is a perennial herb of Compositae and Dahlia with huge rod-shaped tuberous roots. Stems erect, multi-branched, 1.5-2 meters high, stout. Originally from Mexico, Mexicans regard it as a symbol of generosity and wealth, so they regard it as the national flower.

Indications: promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

14, winter jasmine

Winter jasmine, also known as winter jasmine, winter jasmine and winter jasmine, is covered by deciduous shrubs. Plant height is 30- 100 cm. Branchlets are slender, erect or arched, drooping, showing a chaotic pattern. 3 leaflets are opposite to compound leaves, and the leaves are ovoid to oblong. This flower was born alone on the branch born last year, and it bloomed before the leaves. It is fragrant, golden yellow, and washed out. The flowering period is from February to April. Named for its earliest opening among flowers, flowers will usher in the spring of flowers.

Medicinal value: leaves (winter jasmine leaves): bitter, astringent and flat. Promoting blood circulation, detoxicating, detumescence and relieving pain 6 is used for swelling and pain, toxic sores, traumatic injuries and traumatic bleeding. Flowers (winter jasmine: bitter,) sweat, antipyretic and diuretic. Used for fever, headache, astringent urine and pain.

15, Daphne odora, Phnom Penh

Daphne odora (scientific name: Daphne odora), also known as Shuixiang, Penglai Purple, Romantic Tree, Daphne odora, Senecio scandens and Daphne odora, belongs to Daphne of Daphne family. Originated in the south of Yangtze River valley in China, it was introduced to Japan. It has medicinal value. Daphne odora is a variety of Daphne odora in Phnom Penh, which is famous for its "color, fragrance, posture and rhyme" and is one of the three treasures of gardening in the world.

Medicinal value: it can reduce blood coagulation and promote uric acid excretion in the body. Daphne odora bark, especially fresh bark (named Daphne odora bark) contains Daphne resin, which is a strong foaming agent and can cause vomiting and bloody stool after oral administration. Absorption poisoning can cause body temperature to rise, excitement, rapid pulse, dyspnea, and finally collapse and die.

16, Ling Xiaohua

Campsis grandiflora is a vine of Polygonaceae, which is distributed in the central part of China. Like warm and humid sunshine environment, slightly resistant to shade. Climbing other things takes root and grows upward by air, with pinnate compound leaves, oval leaflets, serrated edges, bright red flowers, funnel-shaped corollas and capsules. They like well-drained soil, are more resistant to water and humidity, and have certain salt and alkali tolerance.

Medicinal value: promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, cooling blood and expelling wind. Used for amenorrhea, postpartum breast swelling, rubella redness, skin itching.

17, Dendrobium flowers

Dendrobium candidum, also known as Wanshu, is listed as the top grade in Shennong Herbal Classic. Dendrobium, as a perennial herb, grows in tropical and subtropical virgin forests and similar warm and humid environments, and is mostly epiphytic on big tree trunks or rocks. It has good curative effects on anti-tumor, improving human immunity, treating gastrointestinal diseases, anti-aging, anti-oxidation, anti-platelet aggregation, lowering blood sugar and treating cataract. Dendrobium officinale flower is the flower of Dendrobium officinale, which is the most lush and beautiful from May to July. Dendrobium nobile flower is the flower of Dendrobium nobile.

Medicinal value: improving regulating function, calming nerves, calming nerves and benefiting blood.

Lotus 18

Hibiscus. Also known as hibiscus, frost-resistant flowers, Manglietia, Hibiscus and Hua Mu, they are native to China. It likes warm and humid environment, not cold-resistant, drought-resistant, water-resistant and wet-resistant. The requirements for soil are not high, and barren land can grow. It is a deciduous shrub or small tree of Malvaceae and Hibiscus. Flowers are solitary in the axils of branches and leaves. Flowers and leaves can be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and discharging pus, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Mufurong is also the city flower of Chengdu, and its flower language is slender and beautiful, chaste and pure.

Medicinal value: clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and discharging pus, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. Used for cough due to lung heat, menorrhagia and leukorrhagia; Externally used for treating carbuncle, swelling, furuncle, mastitis, lymphadenitis, parotitis, burn, poisonous snake bite and traumatic injury.

19, Epiphyllum

Epiphyllum (scientific name: Epiphyllum (DC). ) hawthorn): epiphytic fleshy shrub, 2-6 meters high, with cylindrical old stems and lignification. Many branches, flat leaves, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, wavy or deeply crenate at the edge, sharp at the base, short tapered or tapering into stalks, dark green, hairless, thick ribs in the middle, and the branches of old plants produce air roots.

Medicinal value: it has the effects of softening stool, expelling toxin, clearing away heat and treating asthma. Indications: Fever of large intestine, constipation, bloody stool, swollen sores, pneumonia, bloodshot sputum, asthma and other symptoms. Flowers have a strong effect and can also treat hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

20. Osmanthus fragrans

Osmanthus fragrans is the common name of many trees in Oleaceae in China, and its representative species is Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb. )Lour。 ), also known as osmanthus fragrans, is an evergreen shrub or small tree of Oleaceae. Hard and thin, long oval leaves, sharp ends, opposite, and do not fade in winter. In the leaves and intestines of peanuts, the corolla is divided into four parts, and its shape is small. There are many varieties of horticulture, among which Jingui, Yin Gui, Dangui and laurel are the most representative. Osmanthus fragrans is one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China. It is an excellent ornamental and practical garden tree, which has the functions of greening, beautification and fragrance. Osmanthus fragrans is necessary.

Medicinal value: Osmanthus fragrans efficacy: pale yellow and white, fragrant, extracted aromatic oil to make Osmanthus fragrans essence, which can be used in food, cosmetics, cakes, sweets and wine making. Osmanthus fragrans is pungent and can be used as medicine. Take flowers, fruits and roots as medicine. Picking flowers in autumn; Picking fruits in spring; The roots are collected in four seasons and dried separately. Flowers: Xin, Wen. Fruit: pungent, sweet and warm. Root: sweet, slightly astringent and flat. Indications: Flowers: dispelling cold, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. Used for toothache, cough, asthma, excessive phlegm, amenorrhea and abdominal pain. Fruit: Warming the stomach, calming the liver and dispelling cold. Used for deficiency-cold stomachache. Root: dispel wind and dampness, dispel cold. Used for rheumatism, muscle and bone pain, lumbago, toothache due to kidney deficiency.

2 1, chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum (Latin name: chrysanthemum (Ramat. )Tzvel。 ): In plant taxonomy, it is a perennial herb of Compositae and Chrysanthemum. According to the cultivation form, it can be divided into many cultivation types, such as multi-headed chrysanthemum, single-headed chrysanthemum, big chrysanthemum, cliff chrysanthemum, artistic chrysanthemum, desk chrysanthemum and so on. According to the appearance of petals, it can be divided into garden hug, retreat hug, reverse hug, disorderly hug, happy hug, flying hug and other cultivation types. Different types of chrysanthemums are named after different varieties.

Medicinal value; Can be used for treating dizziness, wind-heat imbalance, expelling wind and removing dampness, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and treating arthritis such as knee-jerk wind.

22. Albizia Albizia

Also known as the velvet tree, Ma Yinghua. Deciduous trees, flowering in summer, flower heads, closed corollas, many stamens, reddish. The pods are strip-shaped, flat and not cracked. Height 4- 15m. Crown development; Branchlets have horns, shoots, inflorescences and leaf rachis tomentose or pubescent. Stipules linearly lanceolate; The heads are arranged in panicles at the top of branches; Flowers pink; Calyx tubular, flowering for 6- 6 months; Fruit-bearing period: August -65438+ 10.

Medicinal value; Lung carbuncle, traumatic injury, cough in children, stroke contracture

23. bergamot

Bergamot (scientific name: medicinal variety of citrus. Sarcodactylis Swingle: When the fruit is ripe, carpels separate to form slender and curved fruit petals, which look like fingers, hence the name "bergamot".

Medicinal value: roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits can be used as medicine, which is pungent, bitter, sweet, warm and non-toxic; It enters the three meridians of liver, spleen and stomach, and has many medicinal functions, such as regulating qi and resolving phlegm, stopping vomiting and reducing swelling, soothing the liver and strengthening the spleen, and regulating the stomach. It has obvious relieving effect on tracheitis and asthma of the elderly; It has obvious curative effect on indigestion, chest tightness and abdominal tightness of ordinary people. Bergamot can be made into a variety of Chinese herbal medicines, which have the function of health care and longevity after long-term administration.

24. Fusang

Zhu Jin (scientific name: Fusang. ): Also known as hibiscus, hibiscus and China Rose. Chinese Pinyin: Zhu Jin. Because the color is mostly red, it is commonly known as the big red flower in Lingnan area of China. Evergreen shrub, about 1-3 meters high; Branchlets cylindrical, sparsely stellate pilose. Zhu Jin is a popular ornamental plant in ancient times, and its origin is China.

Medicinal value: roots, leaves and flowers can be used as medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying and reducing swelling.

25.orchids

Orchid (scientific name: cymbidium. ): Epiphytic or terrestrial herb with several or more leaves, usually born at the base or lower nodes of pseudobulb, in two rows, banded or rarely oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic, with broad sheaths and joints around the base and pseudobulb. There are several flowers in the raceme, and the colors are white, pure white, white green, yellow-green, yellow-yellow, yellow-brown, yellow, red, cyan and purple. Orchids have been cultivated in China for more than 1000 years. 1985 May, orchids were rated as four of the top ten flowers in China.

Medicinal value: According to records, all orchids can be used as medicine. It is flat, pungent, sweet and non-toxic. Has the effects of nourishing yin and moistening lung, promoting diuresis and moistening dryness, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Can be applied to clinical internal medicine and gynecological diseases. Roots can cure tuberculosis, lung abscess and sprain, and can also set bones; Orchid pedicel can cure tinea.

26.lily

Lily (brown lily ii variety. Viridulum Baker), also known as Qiangshu, Fanjiu, Shandan, Daoxian, Chongmai, Atrium, Moluo, Xiang Chong, Zhong Fenghua, Lily Garlic, Master Garlic, Garlic Brain Potato, Cordate telosma, etc. , a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of Liliaceae, is native to Lilium. In recent years, artificial hybridization has produced many new varieties, such as Asian lily, perfume lily and fire lily. Bulbs are rich in starch, which can be eaten or used as medicine.

Medicinal value: lily: removing impurities and black petals, dusting, nourishing yin and moistening lung; Clear the heart and soothe the nerves. Treating chronic cough due to yin deficiency; Blood in sputum; Late fever; Deficiency, anxiety, fright, insomnia, dreaminess and trance caused by residual heat or emotional failure; Carbuncle swelling; Wet sore.

27. broom

Plantagenet (Latin scientific name: Parochetus communis), also known as Parochetus communis, is a creeping herb in Leguminosae, sparsely pilose and high 10-20cm. Rhizomes are filiform, take root at nodes and have nodules. The petals are slightly pointed at the end and divided into two petals on the side, which are like birds and golden in color, hence the name "broom". Born in grassland, hillside and roadside wasteland on the edge of forest, with an altitude of 2000-3000 meters. Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet. India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia and East Africa are also distributed.

Medicinal value: broom is mild and sweet, and has the effects of nourishing yin, promoting blood circulation and strengthening the spleen. It can be used for treating cough, dizziness, backache, leukorrhagia due to women's asthma, infantile malnutrition, breast abscess, traumatic injury, etc.

28, peony (cultivated medicinal)

Peony (Latin name: peony Andr. ) is a perennial deciduous shrub of Paeonia in Paeoniaceae. Flowers are colorful, jade smiles and pearls are fragrant, romantic and elegant, and they are known as "the king of flowers". In terms of cultivation types, it can be divided into hundreds of varieties mainly according to the color of flowers. "Peony has many varieties and colors, with yellow, green, fleshy red, crimson and silvery red as the top grades, especially yellow and green. Peony flower is big and fragrant, so it is also called "national color and fragrance".

Medicinal value: peony bark is slightly cold, bitter and pungent. Heart, liver and kidney meridians. Clearing heat and cooling blood, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Can be used for treating symptoms such as night fever, morning coolness, anhidrosis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, carbuncle swelling, sore swelling, traumatic injury, etc. Modern research shows that Cortex Moutan has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, anti-tumor, hemostatic, blood stasis-removing, heat-clearing and detoxicating, sedation, analgesia, spasmolysis and other activities. It can also promote the phagocytosis of monocytes, improve the specific immune function of the body and increase the weight of immune organs.

29. Rose

Rose (scientific name: rose. ): China origin. It belongs to a deciduous shrub of Rosaceae, with many needles on its branches, odd pinnate compound leaves, 5-9 leaflets, oval shape and lateral thorns. Petals obovate, double to semi-double, purplish red and white. The fruit period is from August to September, and it is oblate. Branches are weak, drooping and prickly, and only bloom once a year, so they are rarely used for breeding. Recently, their main characteristics are disease resistance and cold tolerance.

Medicinal value: Rose contains more than 300 kinds of chemical components, such as aromatic alcohol, aldehyde, fatty acid, phenol and oil containing essence. Regular consumption of rose products can soothe the liver and wake up the stomach, regulate qi and promote blood circulation, and make people feel refreshed. It has the effects of regulating qi, promoting blood circulation, and astringing, and is mainly used for treating menoxenia, traumatic injury, liver-qi stomachache, and breast swelling and pain.

30.peony

Peony (scientific name: peony. ), alias Particao and Huahua Prime Minister, belong to Ranunculaceae, and Paeonia lactiflora is a perennial herb of Ranunculaceae. Paeonia lactiflora is known as "Hua Xian" and "Flower Appearance" and is listed as one of the "Top Ten Famous Flowers", also known as "May Flower God". As the flower of love since ancient times, it has been honored as the representative flower of Valentine's Day in China.

Medicinal value: Chinese medicine believes that Paeonia lactiflora in Chinese medicine mainly refers to the root of Paeonia lactiflora, which has the functions of spasmolysis, analgesia and menstruation. Can be used for treating abdominal pain, stomach spasm, dizziness, gout, diuresis, etc.

3 1, aloe vera

Aloe vera (scientific name: Aloe vera) belongs to the genus Aloe and is a perennial evergreen herb of Liliaceae. Its leaves are clustered, large and thick, sitting or born at the top of the stem, and the leaves are often lanceolate or short and wide, with sharp teeth on the edge. Inflorescence is umbrella-shaped, raceme-shaped, spike-shaped, cone-shaped, with red, yellow or red spots, six petals and six pistils. Perianth base is connected into a tube shape.

Medicinal value: purging fire; Detoxification; Removing blood stasis; Insecticide. The main eye is red; Constipation; White turbidity; Urinating blood; Seizures in children; Malnutrition; Burn and scald; Amenorrhea women; Hemorrhoids; Scabies; Furuncle and furuncle poison; Fall injury.

32. cornflower

Centaurea, an annual or biennial herb of the genus Centaurea in Compositae, is 70 cm tall, erect, branched, with gray stems and branches, basal leaves, and the top is arranged in an umbrella-shaped or panicle. The hometown of cornflower is in Europe. It used to be a wild flower. After years of cultivation, its "wildness" is less, its flowers are bigger and its colors are more. There are purple, blue, light red, white and other varieties, of which purple and blue are the most precious. It can be seen everywhere on hillsides, fields, watersides, roadsides and in front of and behind houses in Germany. It is regarded as the national flower by Germany.

Medicinal value: it can beautify the face, relax the mood, help digestion and make urine unobstructed.

33. roses

Chinese rose (scientific name: Chinese rose. ): Known as the Queen of Flowers, also known as "Moon Red", it is an evergreen and semi-evergreen low shrub that blooms all year round, usually red and pink, and occasionally white and yellow. It can be used as an ornamental plant or as a medicinal plant, also known as rose. There are three natural varieties, and modern Chinese rose flowers are diverse, including single petals and double petals, as well as beautiful flowers, such as high-heart curls; Its colors are rich, including red, pink yellow, white and other monochromatic colors, as well as mixed colors, silver edges and other varieties; Most varieties have fragrance. There are many varieties of Chinese rose, nearly ten thousand in the world, and more than 1000 in China. 1985 In May, Rose was rated as the fifth of the top ten famous flowers in China.

Medicinal value: it has the effects of promoting blood circulation, relieving swelling, diminishing inflammation and detoxifying. And it is a good medicine for gynecology. Chinese medicine believes that Chinese rose is sweet and warm, and it has the effects of promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation, reducing swelling and detoxifying when entering the liver meridian. Chinese rose is often used to treat irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and other diseases because of its obvious effects of removing blood stasis, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain.

34. marigold

Calendula, a biennial herb, is hairy. Leaves alternate and oblong. The flowers are yellow or orange. The flowering period is April to September, and the fruiting period is 6-65438+1October. I like growing up in a mild and cool climate. I'm afraid of heat and cold. Originated in southern Europe and the Mediterranean coast.

Medicinal value: flowers have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, especially for staphylococcus and streptococcus. Their antibacterial components are soluble in alcohol but insoluble in water, and the effect is better in alkaline environment. Hypolipidemic effect: Saponins in calendula can reduce serum cholesterol, free fatty acids, phospholipids, β-lipoprotein, total lipids and triglycerides in experimental hyperlipidemia rats, and also reduce total lipids, cholesterol and triglycerides in the liver.

35.gardenia

Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, alias: Gardenia jasminoides Ellis, is the fruit of Gardenia jasminoides Ellis of Rubiaceae. Gardenia fruit is a traditional Chinese medicine, which belongs to the first batch of dual-purpose resources released by the Ministry of Health. Has the effects of protecting liver, promoting gallbladder function, lowering blood pressure, tranquilizing, stopping bleeding and reducing swelling. Traditional Chinese medicine is often used to treat jaundice hepatitis, sprain and contusion, hypertension, diabetes and other diseases. It contains crocin groups and can be used as a yellow dye.

Medicinal value: clearing heat, purging fire and cooling blood. It can be used for treating fever, insomnia, jaundice, gonorrhea, thirst quenching, conjunctival congestion, sore throat, hematemesis, epistaxis, bloody dysentery, hematuria, toxic heat ulcer, sprain and swelling.

In a word, green plants can be used as medicine, edible and beautifying, and they are rare natural conservation products. Those who want to grow more flowers can use them to learn liquid fertilizer when they grow them at home. If you want to know more details, come and have a look with me. When you taste herbal tea, drink health porridge and apply natural plant mask, you will feel that life is so warm and comfortable. (I'm tired of looking at pictures)