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For the purpose of health preservation, can cockscomb water be drunk often?
Under normal circumstances, you can't drink it often, because Celosia cristata is a astringent hemostatic in Chinese medicine. If it is incompatible with symptomatic drugs, its fixation will have unnecessary influence on the body. For example, patients with chronic constipation do not like drinking water, which will lead to adverse reactions such as constipation and short urine. Moreover, Celosia cristata itself contains a lot of potassium nitrate, which will be harmful to the body after being absorbed by the human body. Celosia cristata is a very common flower. I remember when I was a child, the front door was covered with red cockscomb flowers, and my mother would take some home, wash it with clear water, and then dry it, which would be used to make tea.

In the 1980s, a wealthy family in my village planted this kind of cockscomb flower, and everyone regarded it as a landscape flower. I still don't know what the role of soaking in water is. I haven't tried to soak in water. Dare not draw conclusions. The nutritional components of stems, leaves, inflorescences and seeds of Celosia cristata were comprehensively analyzed and studied. The results show that Celosia cristata contains many nutrients. Celosia cristata has high nutritional value and can be developed as a new food resource.

Modern scientific research has found that Celosia cristata is rich in protein, unsaturated fatty acids, β-carotene, vitamin A, vitamin B, potassium, calcium, zinc, iron and other nutrients. In addition, Celosia cristata is rich in flavonoids, kaempferol, amaranth and other ingredients. Celosia cristata can't be matched with other scented teas; Women who eat cockscomb during menstruation will have menstrual disorders; Celosia cristata is cool, and pregnant women will miscarry if they eat Celosia cristata.

In traditional Chinese medicine, Celosia cristata is astringent, and it has a very good health care effect on large intestine meridian and liver meridian after eating, especially for dysentery, blood collapse, abnormal leucorrhea and so on. Celosia cristata and seeds are medicinal. At the same time, the seeds of Celosia cristata have the functions of diminishing inflammation, improving eyesight and strengthening the body. If you feel uncomfortable, please stop using it.