Chrysanthemum, pleasing to the eye and removing dryness.
A sentence "Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely seeing Nanshan" shows Tao Yuanming's free and easy, and also makes countless people pay tribute to A Man Called Autumn Flower. Every autumn is the season when chrysanthemums bloom. When you stroll through Zhejiang, you will definitely find the cry of the specialty Chrysanthemum morifolium in the streets and alleys. Chrysanthemum can be used for making tea, cooking and medicine. A small chrysanthemum, however, is of great value and rare.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded in detail the efficacy of chrysanthemum tea: sweet in nature and cold in nature, with the efficacy of dispelling wind and clearing heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight. According to the records of Shennong's herbal medicine, chrysanthemum tea can cure dizziness, swelling and pain, lethargy, dead skin, rheumatism and joint pain, benefit qi for a long time, and prolong life.
Experts say autumn is a good time to eat chrysanthemums. Eating more chrysanthemums can help the human body replenish qi, strengthen, dry and damp, and detoxify. Modern medicine has proved that chrysanthemum has a good conditioning effect on modern people's chronic diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypertension and sub-health.
Editor's recommendation: Chrysanthemum old duck soup
Suitable for people: people who feel tired, listless, in sub-health state, recovering from serious illness and weak constitution in autumn.
Practice: First, soak chrysanthemum10g and medlar12g in water, and then put a peeled old duck, 5g of Cordyceps sinensis and five or six pieces of American ginseng into a casserole. When the stew is half cooked, pour in the soaked chrysanthemum and medlar. It is recommended to eat duck meat and duck soup twice a week, preferably at dinner, so that after one month, there will be obvious improvement in refreshing and invigorating qi.
Tips: Besides, chrysanthemum can also be made into chrysanthemum porridge, chrysanthemum cake and chrysanthemum boiled, and we can also brew our most common chrysanthemums to improve eyesight and detoxify. Experts pointed out that jujube chrysanthemum tea can also help cancer patients restore their taste.
Osmanthus fragrans, sweet and warm the stomach.
The fragrance of osmanthus fragrans is well known. Even at noon when the temperature is hot, you can smell this sweet taste as long as it is accompanied by a breeze. If you have the heart, collect a fragrance, that is, collect a delicious food. As early as the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan's Lisao contained a sentence about aiding the north to eat osmanthus pulp, which was a record of osmanthus making food.
Osmanthus fragrans and roses are brewed together, which has the effect of regulating qi with the stomach, warming the stomach and dispelling cold; Osmanthus fragrans and chrysanthemum are brewed together, which has the function of aromatic clearing the stomach and is suitable for stomach heat and bad breath; Soaking osmanthus in white wine can warm the stomach, dispel cold, regulate qi and relieve pain, and is suitable for abdominal cold pain. When eating ginkgo, lotus seeds and chestnuts, put a pinch of sweet-scented osmanthus, which is fragrant and can stimulate appetite.
Chinese medicine believes that sweet-scented osmanthus is warm and pungent, and has the functions of invigorating the stomach and resolving phlegm, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, resolving phlegm and calming the liver. Can be used for treating cough due to excessive phlegm, dysentery due to intestinal wind and blood, toothache, halitosis, anorexia, amenorrhea, and abdominal pain. It also has the effects of warming middle warmer, dispelling cold, warming stomach, relieving pain, resolving phlegm and removing blood stasis.
Editor's recommendation: osmanthus coconut milk cake
Suitable for people: the autumn temperature is dry and the coconut juice is sweet and smooth. Rich in vitamin C, it has antioxidant components and promotes human metabolism. Sweet-scented osmanthus dessert is refreshing and enjoyable.
Practice: Mix 50g water chestnut powder and 50g corn starch, divide them into two parts and put them into two containers. Use 50 ml coconut juice and clear water to make horseshoe powder and corn starch into granule-free slurry, and add osmanthus into the bowl opened with clear water. Add sugar to150ml water and bring to a boil. Then pour the boiled sugar water into coconut milk powder and osmanthus powder and stir until half cooked. After the water is boiled, pour a thin layer of slurry into the plate and steam for 5 minutes. Then pour the other slurry into the pan and steam it for another 5 minutes, and steam it between the two slurries. Put osmanthus on the last layer.
Tip: There are many ways to eat osmanthus. Osmanthus fragrans is slightly scalded in boiling water, then picked up and dried, dipped in white sugar and sealed in a bottle, which can be used as an edible spice. Take the best jujube, steam it with sugar, and add osmanthus, which is the osmanthus jujube that strengthens the spleen and appetizes.
Roses warm the heart.
In addition to the seductive and prickly temptation, the rose also represents romantic love, and it is also a food with the same origin of medicine and food. Roses in shops are often used as spices to beautify rooms. Roses in tea shops have the effects of nourishing the body and warming the soul.
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. Roses are called women's flowers for a reason. In addition, the medicinal properties of roses are very mild, which can warm people's heart, liver and blood, relieve the depression in the body, and play a role in calming, calming the nerves and resisting depression. It can also beautify and protect skin, regulate the liver and stomach, and, importantly, eliminate fatigue. Drinking too many roses is good for qi and blood circulation, and it can also make your face ruddy as petals.
Editor's recommendation: honey rose tea
Suitable for people: women are in a bad mood during menstruation, pale and even dysmenorrhea. Drinking roses can get some relief.
Practice: Take 15g roses and soak them in water. For patients with qi deficiency, 35 jujubes or 9g American ginseng can be added. Lycium barbarum 15g can be added for patients with kidney deficiency. According to personal taste, add rock sugar or honey to reduce the astringency of roses and enhance their efficacy. Roses are best not to drink tea. Because tea contains a lot of tannic acid, it will affect the efficacy of roses in soothing the liver and relieving depression.
Tip: Wild roses can be paired with starry sky, mint, violet, rosemary and osmanthus. Roses have a strong effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. People with excessive menstrual flow had better not drink it during menstruation, and pregnant women should also avoid taking it.
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Flowers with different functions:
Jasmine: It can improve drowsiness and anxiety, and it is also effective for chronic stomach diseases and menstrual disorders. The combination of jasmine and pink rose has slimming effect.
Mint: It helps to stimulate appetite, promote digestion, relieve stomachache and headache, and promote metabolism. Eliminate bad breath and sober up. It is very effective in relieving flatulence. However, it should be noted that mint is irritating and should not be used by children.
Jasmine flower: promoting fluid production, benefiting qi, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, nourishing yin and kidney, expelling toxin and caring skin, invigorating stomach and digestion, calming nerves and nourishing brain.
Forget-me-not: clearing away heat and toxic materials, clearing heart and improving eyesight, nourishing yin and removing annoyance, promoting fluid production and moistening throat, invigorating stomach and promoting digestion. Has obvious curative effect on treating headache and toothache.
Trollius chinensis: It has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing the liver, improving eyesight, refreshing and invigorating the stomach.
Flowers are not only ornamental, but also rare ingredients. Although it is common and easy to get, few people know its efficacy. Sometimes life really needs us to explore slowly and savor it. Learning to find the most beneficial ingredients and cook the most beneficial food will help to keep fit and nourish the internal organs.