The efficacy of kapok
The medicinal effect of kapok is that there is kapok in herbal tea and five-tea tea, which is one of the most popular herbal teas. Or directly boil water with kapok and a little sugar, which also has a good effect of eliminating dampness and detoxifying.
Kapok in the fruit can be used to make cotton-padded clothes, quilts and pillows. Because cotton is not produced in South China, kapok batting is undoubtedly excellent. Li Cong, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, said, "Clothes cut kapok." Kapok is very special to Guangzhou people.
Kapok not only has high ornamental value, but also has medicinal value in flowers, skins and roots. Dry cooking porridge or soup with kapok can dispel cold and dampness; Boiling soup with kapok skin also has the function of diuresis and detoxification, and has obvious curative effect on gastric ulcer, diarrhea and dysentery.
In addition, kapok has a wide range of uses, and its stamens are good fabric materials. The ancient book records that "the kapok tree is two or three feet high and cut into paulownia. In February and March, the flowers are both withered and the core is cotton. He wove it into a blanket, white as snow and extremely warm. " On the other hand, kapok is soft and can be used to make packaging boards, matchsticks, wooden boats, barrels and pots. , is also the raw material of papermaking.
Edible value of kapok
Mumianchen Pizhou
Cooling blood to stop bleeding, moistening lung and relieving cough.
Mu mian Hua San yin
Clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and stopping dysentery.
Kapok crucian carp soup
Strengthening the spleen and nourishing the stomach, clearing heat and cooling blood to stop bleeding.
Kapok tofu
Clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, relieving depression and relieving annoyance. Kapok has the function of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, tofu can clear away heat and relieve annoyance, bamboo shoots can moisten intestines, and simmer with ham chicken soup, which not only smells delicious, but also increases the efficacy of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis and cooling blood. Isoflavones in tofu also have antioxidant and anti-aging effects.
Mushroom kapok
Clearing heat, cooling blood and strengthening spleen.
Baokapok soup
Eliminating dampness and promoting diuresis, invigorating spleen and soothing liver. Kapok is often a good ingredient for eliminating dampness among Guangdong people, which is not only effective in eliminating dampness, but also peaceful and moist, and is most suitable for early spring.
Medicinal value of kapok
Flowers are 5 ~ 8 cm long, shrink when dry, and are irregular blocks, mostly without ovaries and pedicels.
The root and stem extracts of kapok can be used as astringents and analgesics. Its juice can be used to treat dysentery, and its root bark, stem bark and thorns can be ground into powder to make ointment to treat acne. It is said that whenever kapok blooms, there are many old people and children in the village. They will pick up the flowers when they fall, and then dry them, which can be used to make tea, soup and medicine.
Kapok is the city flower of Guangzhou, and the flower language is to cherish the people around you and happiness.
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