What is Cornus officinalis?
Cornus officinalis, also known as "moon gum" and "dwarf", is an evergreen aromatic plant, which has the functions of killing insects, disinfecting, expelling cold and expelling wind. Woody Cornus officinalis can be divided into Evodia rutaecarpa, Cornus officinalis and Cornus officinalis, all of which are famous Chinese medicines. Pei Juren 18 was one of the customs offices in China. On September 9, the Double Ninth Festival, he climbed the mountain with a cloth bag on his arm, which contained Cornus officinalis (called "Cornus officinalis capsule" in ancient times). Cornus officinalis is a small deciduous tree with small yellow flowers and oval, red and sour fruit, which can be used as medicine.
Why do you want to insert Evodia rutaecarpa in Double Ninth Festival?
This is the same as wearing wormwood and calamus on the Dragon Boat Festival, in order to get rid of diseases, prevent mosquitoes and ward off evil spirits. Therefore, whether it is wormwood, Acorus calamus or Cornus officinalis, it has a special fragrance, thus achieving the effect of eliminating diseases and evil spirits.
The ninth day of September coincides with the alternation of autumn and winter, and the ninth day is the "highest number of days". The ancients thought this day was unlucky because the yang was too strong and the yin and yang were unbalanced. Wearing strong-smelling dogwood can ward off cold and evil spirits.
In the past, on the Double Ninth Festival, dogwood was worn on the head or a cloth bag containing dogwood was worn on the body.
Introduction of Cornus officinalis plant species
First, dogwood
Walking around the mountain before and after Chongyang, you may encounter some small red fruits, which look gratifying. They are probably the fruits of Cornus officinalis.
Cornus officinalis is a plant of Cornus genus of Cornaceae. Its fruit, also known as dogwood, is rectangular, red to purple. It is a traditional Chinese medicine, which warms the liver and nourishes the kidney. Chinese medicine is commonly known as jujube peel.
The fruiting period is in autumn, September -65438+ 10,
Seeing such tempting fruit on the trip up the mountain in autumn,
You might as well choose some, but don't eat in a hurry.
It tastes bitter and not delicious.
You can take the dogwood fruit home to soak in wine. After drinking, the waist is not sore and the legs are not painful. It is a good medicine wine for nourishing blood and strengthening the body.
Cornus officinalis has small yellow flowers. Every spring, March and April, the trees are golden and beautiful.
Off-topic, recently I saw many people drying lychees in the circle of friends. Litchi is related to Cornus officinalis and belongs to Cornaceae. China literature is called Sizhaohua.
Fruits are like lychees and can be eaten.
So people call it litchi.
The four flowers in full bloom are beautiful,
The four white petals we see.
It's actually a bract, not a flower.
Digress, back to Cornus officinalis, the next appearance is also edible Cornus officinalis, called Cornus officinalis.
Second, eat dogwood.
Before chili was introduced to China, Hunan people, Sichuanese people and others loved spicy food. It was said that the "spicy" flavor mainly came from chili, ginger and dogwood.
Cornus refers to Zanthoxylum bungeanum, a rutaceae plant, whose branches, leaves and fruits all have a strong smell and are distributed in various areas south of the Yangtze River in China.
The fruiting period is 10- 12. When the fruit is ripe, the petals are reddish brown and turn gray after drying, much like the shape of pepper.
Cornus officinalis can be used as medicine and edible. Roots and bark can be used as medicines to dispel wind and dampness, and to treat traumatic injuries, swelling and pain.
Third, Evodia rutaecarpa
Evodia rutaecarpa is also a rutaceae plant, which looks like Cornus officinalis. Therefore, their identity has been controversial since ancient times.
Modern botanists believe that Evodia rutaecarpa and Cornus officinalis are two kinds of plants after textual research.
Evodia rutaecarpa has green and white flowers in late spring and early summer.
Mature after autumn, the fruit is deep purple.
Evodia rutaecarpa is an ancient Chinese medicine plant. Fresh and tender fruit, after soaking and drying in the sun, is not only a traditional Chinese medicine "Evodia rutaecarpa", but also a stomachic analgesic. It can also drive ascaris, and its medicinal value is far more than that.
In ancient times, people wore dogwood, which was ugly but odorless, or dogwood, which could be used as pepper but with prickly branches, but Evodia rutaecarpa.
Evodia rutaecarpa has a very strong smell, which is in line with the habit of the ancients to use "incense to remove filth". In addition, the traditional Chinese medicine Evodia rutaecarpa has the effects of eliminating cold and dampness, resolving food stagnation, eliminating cold and heat, and eliminating diseases, which accords with people's holiday wishes of health and longevity.
At present, people no longer wear dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival, but many places will hold some quite special activities to celebrate the Double Ninth Festival.
The highlight of Chongyang is to enjoy autumn. Autumn is still good at this time, and climbing mountains to see the beautiful scenery is the most suitable activity.
In some mountain villages in the south of China, the custom of "basking in the autumn" still exists. The villagers hung the crops and fruits harvested by farmers in front of and behind the house, which gradually became a beautiful and unique scenery in autumn, and the activities of drying autumn in the Double Ninth Festival reached a climax.
Many places in Chongyang will hold chrysanthemum exhibitions and enjoy chrysanthemums for the holidays. Sacrificing ancestors to sweep graves is also one of the festivals in Chongyang.
Whether there are chrysanthemums and dogwoods in Chongyang, everyone has the same wish for family reunion, health and longevity.