Drinking flower tea, what will you choose? Chinese medicine in the garden, today we introduce two flavors of Chinese medicine from the rose family: moon season flowers and roses.
Rose tea
1. Monthly flowers
People everywhere plant it, and roses too. The green stem is long and hard, the leaves are smaller than the rose, while the flowers are deep red, the thousand leaves are thick petals, opening month by month, and do not bear fruits. ——"Compendium of Materia Medica"
Moon flower, Rosaceae, also known as moon red. The earliest record of medicinal use comes from Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica". The flowers are picked when they are slightly blooming, and can be used in medicine after drying in the shade or at low temperatures.
Chinese medicine monthly flower
Studies have found that monthly flowers mainly can resist oxidation; At the same time, it has the effect of diuresis, enhancing immunity and inhibiting platelet aggregation. In addition, it also has anti-tumor, antifungal, antiviral and other effects.
Chinese medicine monthly flower flavor sweet, warm. Attributed to the liver meridian. It has the effect of activating blood and regulating menstruation, thinning the liver and relieving depression.
Monthly season flowers light rise and disperse, the main into the liver meridian, can not only activate blood and regulate menstruation, but also relieve liver depression, rationalize qi and relieve pain, often used for liver qi stagnation, qi stasis and blood stasis menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, chest and hypochondrium swelling pain. It can be taken with boiling water alone, or it can be used with roses, angelica, and incense.
In addition, monthly seasonal flowers also have the effect of activating blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and can be used for bruises, carbuncles, swelling and poison, and sputum. However, the amount of monthly flowers should not be too large, and taking more for a long time can cause abdominal pain, diarrhea and loose stools. Use with caution in pregnant women.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains a magical recipe for the treatment of "unbroken sputum" of monthly seasonal flowers: take an appropriate amount of monthly seasonal flowers, agarwood, and coriander flowers, crush them and put them in the stomach of crucian carp, add wine and boiled water to eat, which can treat sputum. Sputum refers to tuberculosis of the lymph nodes in the neck.
The magic of this recipe is not in the drug used, let alone in the efficacy of the use, but in the preparation process. The crucian carp used in the recipe must be a fish that has been placed in manure and died naturally.
The sputum is not broken. Use the first two dollars of monthly flowers, five dollars of agarwood, three dollars of coriander flowers, crushed files, put into the belly of crucian carp, seal with fish intestines, one lamp of wine and one cup of water, cook cooked food, and heal. The fish must swim in the water of the dung to be effective. This is a family heirloom, and there are many living people. Talk about Yeweng "The Experimental Side". ——"Compendium of Materia Medica"
2. Roses
Roses, also plants of the rose family, were first recorded in medicine from Food Materia Medica, which is a classic ancient book of Chinese medicine written in the Ming Dynasty. The flowers will be picked in batches in late spring and early summer, and dried at low temperatures in time before they can be used for medicine. Modern research has found that rose flowers have the effect of promoting bile secretion.
Chinese medicine rose
Chinese medicine rose flower taste sweet, slightly bitter, warm sex. Attributed to the liver, spleen meridian. It has the effect of qi depressant, and blood pain relief.
Rose flowers are fragrant and breathy, bitter taste and drainage, return to the liver and stomach meridians, can not only loosen the liver, but also widen and neutralize the stomach. It can be combined with incense, bergamot, sand kernel, etc., to treat liver and stomach discord, chest, flank, abdominal distention, pain, vomiting, and less food. At the same time, roses have the effect of activating blood and relieving pain. It can be combined with angelica, Chuanxiong, red peony, etc., to treat bruises, bruises and pain.
In addition, rose flowers are good at thinning the liver and relieving pain, which can cure menstrual irregularities and premenstrual breast swelling and pain caused by liver depression and stagnation, so it is favored by female friends. #秋日生活打卡季#