Legend has it that it was originally also called "sunflower", it also tends to grow light, the heart is toward the sun, the sunrise flowers bloom, and the sunset is closed to the light. People who see it will always feel that the sunny weather is around them, and they all say that people who are blessed by this flower have a cheerful personality and never drag mud and water. Later, because of the appearance of sunflowers, it stole its common name, and the name "Sunflower" no longer belonged to it, but it had a beautiful name: "Peacock Grass".
I remember when I was a child living in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, I saw a small friend who was very red and swollen because of the fire, and his grandmother just picked some peacock grass leaves and mashed them with gauze, let him close his eyes, and put the medicine bag on his eyes. We watched his grandmother do this treatment a few times and the little friend's eyes were fine.
My mother used to call this grass stinky chrysanthemum. Seeing my little friend's grandmother use it to treat diseases, I feel very strange, how can the leaves of this stinky chrysanthemum also be used as medicine?
The grandmother of the little friend told us: Don't underestimate this humble grass, it has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, and can treat wind fever and colds, coughs, mumps, stomatitis, toothache, red eyes and swollen pain.
Later, I learned that it was originally called peacock grass.
When I was a child, I didn't like to smell peacock grass, but when I saw it blooming, the gorgeous flowers touched me.
The peacock, with the title of the king of birds, is an auspicious bird in Chinese culture, and the peacock grass has the same name, which is both elegant and gorgeous.
The flower language of peacock grass is cheerful, lively and always cheerful. In fact, its flower language was originally sunny weather, and it was later extended to its current meaning. I like that it blooms at sunrise and closes at sunset, and even if it is full of prosperity, it is still happy to follow the meaning of the flower language.
Time is rushing, childhood has long been left in the middle of the year, only this peacock grass, still everywhere, still looking forward to its warm blooming flowers.
[Peacock grass, the name of Chinese medicine. Also known as vine chrysanthemum, peacock chrysanthemum, passionflower, old red, yellow chrysanthemum, five-petaled lotus, stinky chrysanthemum, small marigold, red and yellow grass, satin flower.
The main value of peacock grass is medicinal and is also used for green ornamental.
Peacock grass, the whole grass of the Asteraceae plant Peacock grass Tagetes patula L. It is distributed in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. 】
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