What are the similarities and differences between Epiphyllum and Angel Lotus? We like to grow some small plants at home, which are beautiful at home and can purify the air. Epiphyllum and Angel Lotus are twin sisters of the family. Let's take a look at the similarities and differences between epiphyllum and angel lotus.
What are the similarities and differences between epiphyllum and lily? 1 1. Different stems and branches: Epiphyllum is a semi-erect shrub with a stem height of more than 100 cm. Branches are mostly long, 5 cm wide, smooth and spineless. The main branches are cylindrical, the new branches are flat, leaflike, wide, thin and soft, the edges are wavy and shallow serrated, green and shiny, and the middle ribs are hard and thick.
Lotus stems are flat, long lanceolate, narrow, thick and hard. The edge is circular sawtooth, and the concave part has fine thorns. The middle rib and lateral veins are obvious, and the edge is slightly red. Branching occurs from the base, which is the most obvious difference from epiphyllum.
Second, flowers are also different: Epiphyllum is large and sessile, white, and calyx tube is soft and drooping. When in full bloom, the flower diameter is 10 cm and the flower length is 20~30 cm. It blooms from July to September, opens at 8: 00 pm-12: 00 pm, and withers in about 4 hours. The flowers of arrow lotus are like lotus flowers.
The tube is shorter than the petals. Flowering from May to June, opening at sunrise and closing at sunset every day, lasting for 4-5 days. There are many colors such as crimson, pink, purple, yellow, pink and white, as well as multi-color varieties with crimson outer layer and magenta inner layer. There are more flowers than epiphyllum.
Both of them are epiphytes of cactus, and they like warm, humid and cool environment all year round, and they need slightly acidic soil with strong drainage and water retention. Cultivation, preservation and reproduction are basically the same. At present, there is only one kind of white flower in Epiphyllum.
No matter the color or the number of flowers, there are not as many as the lotus, and the flowering period is long. In addition, epiphyllum plants are taller than arrow lotus, so it is appropriate to choose arrow lotus as a family balcony; From a curious point of view, choose epiphyllum, because it is one of the few nocturnal flowering plants.
What are the similarities and differences between Epiphyllum and Angel Lotus? I believe we are all very familiar with Lotus. Lotus is also called lotus or hibiscus. Lotus has very high ornamental value, and also has edible and medicinal effects.
Regular consumption of lotus can play a good role in health care, so in daily life, we should be good at using lotus to serve our health.
Lotus has many functions. As long as you understand the various functions of lotus, I believe everyone will like lotus more. Lotus has a good effect of clearing heart and nourishing kidney. Eating lotus flowers often can also relieve summer heat.
Lotus (scientific name: lotus. ), also known as lotus, water hibiscus and so on. It belongs to Nymphaeaceae, a perennial aquatic herb flower. Underground stems are long and thick, with long nodes and round leaves. Flowering from June to September, solitary at the top of pedicel, with many petals.
Embedded in the socket hole, with red, pink, white, purple and other colors, or with colored lines and edges. Nuts are oval and seeds are oval. There are many kinds of lotus flowers, which are divided into ornamental and edible categories. China is native to tropical and temperate Asia and was planted as early as the Zhou Dynasty.
Lotus is precious all over the body, lotus root and lotus seed are edible, and the germ of lotus seed, rhizome, lotus node, lotus leaf, flower and seed can be used as medicine. Its character of emerging from the mud without staining has always been praised by the world. "The next day, the lotus leaves are infinitely colorful, and the lotus flowers reflect different colors in the sun" is a true portrayal of the beauty of lotus flowers.
The noble character of lotus flower "straight through the outside, not crawling, not stained with mud, clear but not demon" has always been one of the themes of poets' painting. 1985 in may, lotus was rated as one of the top ten flowers in China. Lotus is the national flower of India, Thailand and Vietnam.
Edible
In ancient China, there was a tradition of sending plums in spring and picking lotus in autumn. Since ancient times, Chinese people have regarded lotus seeds as precious food, and they are still high-grade nourishing nutrition. Many places specialize in producing lotus seeds. Lotus root is the best vegetable and preserved fruit. Lotus leaves, lotus flowers and lotus plums are also popular medicated diets in China.
It can be seen that the diet culture of lotus is rich and colorful. Traditional lotus seed porridge, preserved lotus seed, lotus seed powder, lotus root slices with meat, steamed lotus leaf meat, lotus leaf porridge, etc. Leaves are substitutes for tea and are also used as packaging materials.
The underground stem of lotus grows in silt and will be infected by toxic substances. Because the extremely fine epidermis tissue and tannin-containing lower epidermis of lotus root have certain barrier or absorption ability to toxic substances, most toxic substances adhere to or penetrate into the epidermis. Peel the lotus root when eating to prevent toxic substances from being eaten in the stomach.
Medicinal value
According to Compendium of Materia Medica, lotus, lotus seed, lotus coat, lotus room, lotus whisker, lotus plumule, lotus leaf, lotus stalk and lotus node can all be used as medicine. Lotus can promote blood circulation and stop bleeding, remove dampness and dispel wind, clear heart and cool blood, and relieve fever and detoxify. Lotus seeds can nourish the heart, kidney, spleen and intestine.
Lotus beard can clear the heart and benefit the kidney, astringe essence and stop bleeding, relieve summer heat, relieve annoyance, promote fluid production and quench thirst. Lotus leaf can clear away heat, relieve summer heat, promote diuresis, strengthen yang, stop bleeding and lose weight. Among them, the ingredients of lotus leaf Zhen have a miraculous effect on cleaning the stomach, reducing fat and removing blood stasis. Lotus root can recharge your batteries, stop bleeding and remove blood stasis, and clear away heat and toxic materials. Lotus root can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, benefit water, purge fire and clear heart.
These traditional Chinese medicines come from the same plant, but different parts have different functions: lotus root knot stops bleeding and removes blood stasis; Lotus leaf can clear summer heat, promote diuresis, promote hair growth, clear yang and stop bleeding; Lotus stems clear away heat and relieve summer heat; Lotus leaf pedicle can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, eliminate dampness, prevent miscarriage and enrich blood; Lotus has the functions of promoting blood circulation, stopping bleeding, eliminating dampness and expelling wind.
Lotus room can remove blood stasis, stop bleeding and remove dampness; Lotus root must clear heart and benefit kidney, astringent essence and stop bleeding; Lotus seeds nourish the heart, kidney, spleen and intestine, and Hunan's "Xiang Lotus Seeds" is the most famous. Lotus coat can converge, and ginseng supplements spleen yin; Lotus plumule has the functions of clearing heart fire, clearing heat, stopping bleeding and astringent essence.
Because there are many varieties of lotus, the efficacy of different varieties and different parts may be slightly different. We know that lotus is also called lotus or water hibiscus. Lotus has many functions and functions for our human body, so we should know how to use lotus to serve our health.
Strolling along the edge of the lotus pond, Xia Feng brushed his face gently, and a faint fragrance came to his face, which was the season when the lotus was in full bloom. Throughout the ages, how many literati have fallen on the lotus, and how many articles and poems praise the lotus, saying that it is muddy but not dirty, and it is purple but not demon.
Lotus is pure and beautiful, not demon or gorgeous, and people can't help playing the goddess among the flowers. Lotus leaves set off the beauty of lotus flowers like green skirts, and dew shows the purity of lotus flowers like diamonds.
Lotus is not as elegant as peony, nor as fragrant as plum blossom, nor as delicate as orchid. However, she exudes the fragrance of summer in obscurity and brings coolness. The beauty in the world is rare and long-lasting, but the memory of lotus in my mind can last forever.
The roots, (lotus root) and leaves of lotus have the functions of simple diuresis and laxative. Lotus root can make soup, enrich blood and be used as medicine. Lotus seeds and lotus leaves can be used as medicine, and both have the functions of clearing heat and eliminating dampness. Lotus leaves can also be used as wrapping paper after drying. At present, there are specially dried lotus leaves in China and then sold overseas.
Income is not low. The processed lotus leaf tastes bitter, slightly salty and pungent, and has the functions of clearing away heat and relieving summer heat, promoting diuresis and activating yang, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding, and has certain curative effects on various diseases. Modern pharmacological research shows that lotus leaf has the functions of lowering blood pressure, reducing blood lipid and losing weight.
Therefore, patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia and obesity can not only drink lotus leaf porridge frequently, but also use only 9 grams of dried lotus leaf or 30 grams of fresh lotus leaf to replace tea every day. If you add some hawthorn and cassia seed to drink together, the effect of losing weight, lowering blood fat and lowering blood pressure will be better.
In hot summer, prickly heat always comes to your door from time to time. If you take a proper amount of lotus leaf, wash it, boil it in water for half an hour, and use it for bathing after cooling, it can not only prevent prickly heat, but also have the effect of moisturizing and beautifying.
Medicinal value
Lotus leaf can clear summer heat and relieve fever; Lotus stems can ventilate and widen the chest; Lotus petals can cure heat and polydipsia; Lotus seeds can strengthen the spleen and stop diarrhea; Lotus plumule can clear fire and soothe the nerves; Lotus room can dispel blood stasis and stop bleeding; Lotus root knot also has the effect of hangover! From leaves to stems, from flowers to fruits, medicine is really indispensable.
Lotus has strong vitality and high nutritional and medicinal value. From lotus leaf to lotus diameter to fruit lotus, it can be said that the whole body is a treasure!
Since ancient times, there has been an auspicious saying that lotus seeds symbolize the ancient philosophers. Newly married women should drink a bowl of lotus seed soup, and pregnant women should also drink lotus seed soup regularly, which can not only supplement nutrition for pregnant women, but also protect the fetus.