In our lives, lilacs are common ornamental plants.
Few people know that it is also a chinese medicine.
Watch the cloves
Medicinal cloves and ornamental cloves are two very different plants.
Ornamental flowers of the clove is a plant of the genus Lilac of the family Xylariaceae, its flowers have a unique aroma, a large and luxuriant inflorescence, elegant and harmonious flower color, plump and beautiful posture, in the ornamental flowers have long enjoyed a reputation, is the city flower of Harbin City, living and native to China temperate zone, can not be used as spices and traditional Chinese medicine.
Medicinal cloves
As a spice and medicinal clove, it is a tropical plant of the myrtle family, native to Tanzania, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China is mainly produced in Guangdong, Hainan and other places.
"Cloves" as a medicinal use
Li Shizhen said in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" that "cloves, the name of cloves, chicken tongue, smell spicy and warm." ”
In terms of spices, cloves can be used for cooking, or essential oils and additives for making incense, or even used to make tea leaves.
In terms of traditional Chinese medicine, cloves also have a lot of effects, and the specifics are still to be used by doctors, which are not explained here.
Summary: Two different kinds of cloves must be recognized clearly, do not treat ornamental cloves as cloves that can be used medicinally, and there will be great danger in confusing them!
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