It is said that the kitchen is a pharmacy, which emphasizes dietary therapy, in fact, each of us has a place in our home that comes with the old Chinese medicine desk, that is, the balcony.
The following three potted flowers, very ornamental value, but also convenient to plant, the most important thing is also food and medicine, if you plant on the balcony, it is not only green food, but also to maintain health!
1. Perilla
Runwei antitussive, soaked in water to prevent colds
In ancient times, Su Ye was often used as tea to make a drink and taken for a long time. Su Ye tea can detoxify and strengthen the stomach, and Song Renzong was once designated as "the first soup drink" by the Hanlin Medical Hospital.
Perilla is an easy-to-grow herbaceous plant with a fresh fragrance, is not strict with the soil, and is very adaptable. It can be used for seasoning and treatment.
Perilla prefers warm, humid climates. Seeds can germinate when the ground temperature is above 5 °C, and the appropriate germination temperature is 18~23 °C. The seedling stage can tolerate low temperature of 1~2 °C. The elderly who do not have diabetes are now planted at home, and drinking perilla soaked water in autumn and winter can help prevent colds.
The role of perilla
It can moisten and dissipate cold and wind, help to treat wind and cold, dry cough, and relieve all fishy poisons.
Use of perilla
1. Solve the "poison" of all seafood, season with perilla during seafood dinner, not only increase the deliciousness, but also relieve the coldness of seafood.
2. Perilla is often used to treat chronic gastritis, such as chest tightness and vomiting, gastrointestinal discomfort, and can be used together with Huoxiang to widen the chest and regulate qi.
3. Boiling and drinking with perilla, tangerine peel and ginger can diffuse wind chill and help treat cold, cold and fever in air-conditioned rooms, wind chill and cold.
4. Mainland folk also use perilla as a natural preservative. Use fresh perilla leaves to wrap fish, meat and other perishable foods, place them in a ventilated place, and keep them fresh for 4~5 days at room temperature.
2. Peppermint
Relieve pharyngeal cold
Peppermint can be said to be a very common cooling plant in summer, which can be eaten and can also be used as a medicinal herb. It grows easily and has a refreshing fragrance on both the stems and leaves. It can be used to purify the air.
The role of peppermint
It is cool, can enter the lung meridian, and has the effects of soothing the liver, clearing the head, diluting the pharynx and diaphragm, and dissipating the wind and dissipating heat.
The easiest way to eat mint is to eat it raw, choose its freshly sprouted sprouts and wash it, and serve it with a plate of dipping sauce made of salt, monosodium glutamate, and chili pepper mixed with boiling water, which has a crisp taste, aromatic and cool, and makes people have a great appetite and appetite.
Use of peppermint
1. With kudzu, nepeta, cicada molt, and raw land (such as dizzy soup), it can clear wind and dimetic rash, and help treat blood fever, wind, rubella itching and other symptoms.
2. When used together with angelica, bupleurum and white peony (such as Xiaoyaosan), it can relieve liver depression and help treat irritability, liver qi stagnation and other symptoms.
3. Used together with chrysanthemum, nepeta and burdock, it can dissipate wind and heat dissipation, and help treat the early stage of fever, wind-heat cold, sore throat, headache and other symptoms.
4. Add mint leaves to the salad to mix cold, which is rich in taste, fresh and refreshing. Peppermint can also be used as a substitute for some spices that cannot be bought at the moment. When eating bean curd, if there is no alfalfa ginger oil in the seasoning, adding chopped mint will have the same effect.
3. Honeysuckle
Antiviral
Honeysuckle, also known as honeysuckle flower, blooms in March, is drought-resistant, moisture-resistant, and cold-resistant, likes yang and shade, does not have high requirements for soil, and has strong adaptability. However, it is best to grow on fertile, moist, deep, sandy soils.
The role of honeysuckle
The smell is aromatic and sweet, and it has good heat-clearing and detoxification, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving and antiviral effects. It has a good therapeutic effect on wind-heat external sensation, sore throat, acne, sore throat, urticaria, measles and other fever-borne diseases.
Experience in the use of honeysuckle
1. Sores, sores and pain: 15g honeysuckle, 10g raw land, 15g forsythia, boil water and drink.
2. Urethritis: 15g honeysuckle, 15g grass root, 20g talc, boiled, heat clearing and diuretic.
3. Wind heat sore throat: 10g honeysuckle, 10g chrysanthemum, soaked in boiling water together, you can drink, clear heat and detoxify.
Three potted flowers on the balcony, no need to spend on medicine! Easy to plant and easy to feed, and strong health protection effect, what are you waiting for?
Let's have a pot of perilla and mint first, and then plant the honeysuckle in March next year!
Source: Health and Wellness