Chimonanthus praecox [Chimonanthus praecox; Kentucky bluegrass. Et Wils Chimonanthus praecox ], use buds, roots and root bark as medicine. Collecting flower buds in late winter and early spring; Roots and bark can be harvested in all seasons; Bake or dry.
Sexual taste orientation
Bud: Xin, Liang.
Root and root bark: Xin Wen.
Functional indication
Bud: relieving summer heat, promoting fluid production, stimulating appetite and relieving depression, and relieving cough. Used for dizziness, vomiting, qi stagnation, stomach tightness, measles and whooping cough; External use for treating scald and otitis media.
Root: dispel wind, detoxify and stop bleeding. Can be used for treating common cold, lumbar muscle strain and rheumatoid arthritis. Root bark: external use for treating knife wound bleeding.
dosage
Bud 1 ~ 2 money, decocted in water; Soak peanut oil or vegetable oil for external use into "Chimonanthus praecox oil" and apply it to the affected area or drop it into the ear.
Root 5 money, decocted in water; Grind the root bark (scrape off the outer skin) and apply it to the affected area.
Excerpted from the National Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine
Here are some common recipes about wintersweet.
Chronic cough: 9 grams of wintersweet, soaked in boiling water instead of tea.
Stomach gas pain: Chimonanthus praecox or root 9 ~ 15g, taken with tea or decoction.
Otitis media: Soak the bud of Chimonanthus praecox in sesame oil or rapeseed oil for 3-5 days, and put 2-3 drops of oil on the ear each time.
Wind-cold cold: root (dry product) 15g, 3~5 slices of ginger decocted in water, and appropriate amount of brown sugar.
Burn: Chimonanthus praecox is soaked in rapeseed oil and applied to the affected area.
Summer heat, upset dizziness, headache: Chimonanthus praecox, flat tofu, fresh lotus leaf, appropriate amount, decocted in water.
Acute conjunctivitis: 6 grams of wintersweet and 9 grams of chrysanthemum, decocted in water and taken with a little honey.
Chimonanthus praecox not only has ornamental value, but also was used as a dish or snack in ancient times. Flowers are often used for health care and longevity. He Guozhen's "Flower Cooking Recipe" lists the varieties of flowers such as wintersweet bean curd soup and wintersweet glass chicken slices. Flowers can also be eaten in other ways, such as air-drying flowers and adding tea leaves to make wintersweet tea, or directly pouring a few flowers into boiling water instead of tea leaves, which has a strong aroma and can stop coughing and relieve asthma. Flowers can also be used as cooking ingredients, such as fish, shrimp and tofu or soup, which are delicious and fragrant.
Chimonanthus praecox contains volatile oil. The oil contains borneol, eucalyptus oil, linalool, myricetin, isorhamnetin, myricetin, a- carotene, linoleic acid, oleic acid and other chemical components. The leaves contain myricetin, myricetin and isorhamnetin. Fresh leaves contain cyanohydric acid. Seeds contain fatty oil, fatty acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and other components. And it has good medicinal value, such as flower buds: warm in nature, sweet in taste and slightly bitter. Relieve summer heat, promote fluid production, stimulate appetite, relieve depression, moisten dryness and relieve cough. Indications: dizziness, vomiting, qi stagnation, stuffy stomach, measles, whooping cough, scald, fire injury, otitis media, etc. Rhizome, Xinwen. Dispel wind and regulate qi, promote blood circulation and detoxify. Indications: asthma, cough, stomachache, abdominal pain, rheumatism, itching, sores and swelling, traumatic injury, etc. Appropriate amount for external use, grind and sprinkle. .