Fragrant flowers are: jasmine, narcissus, rose, osmanthus, Daphne, orchid, white orchid, lily, clove, smile, honeysuckle, Milan and so on.
The whole herb of Abelmoschus manihot is used as medicine, and the roots, leaves and flower seeds are used as medicine for oral administration, mainly for relaxing bowels. External use of flowers or leaves to treat carbuncle, swelling, sores, bee and scorpion stings; Radical treatment of enteritis and dysentery. Its seedlings can be eaten as vegetables; Peeled stems can be used as ropes.
Sunflowers can also be used for Chinese herbal medicine and beauty. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, it has developed into a green food, and many delicious dishes cooked with its flowers have become characteristic foods with high nutritional content. It has many uses, such as food, medicine, beauty and appreciation.
Winter coral can be used as medicine, but it is poisonous. Oleander, corn poppy, Roman, narcissus, etc. They are all toxic and cannot be imported. Flowers sold in the market should not be used for cooking at will. Because it is necessary to prevent pesticides.
Cauliflower rose in China as early as 2000 years ago. In Qu Yuan's Lisao, there is a description that "Mulan falls early and chrysanthemums fall late". During the Tang and Song Dynasties, flower-eating was popular in the royal family. After the publication of Lin Hong's monograph Shan Jia Qing Gong in Song Dynasty, Biography of Flowers was gradually introduced to the people, and it is still widely circulated today.
It is reported that Empress Dowager Cixi is fond of flowers. She dried roses, jasmine flowers and wild winter flowers and mixed them with tea to drink. She often orders the chef to pick flowers and cook delicious food. Empress Dowager Cixi invented a sweet sauce made of roses and sugar, which was delicious in flavor and taste. In summer, she asked the chef to collect many fresh lotus flowers, peel off the most complete petals, soak them in flour mixed with eggs, add chicken soup or refined sugar, divide them into sweet and salty ones, and fry them thoroughly in an oil pan to make very delicious snacks. Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, when the tall magnolia trees in the palace are in full bloom, the plump petals will be picked and sent to the chef, and fried into sweet magnolia slices according to the method of processing lotus flowers for Cixi to enjoy at any time.
Flowers have become delicious food for gourmets because of their unique nutritional, cosmetic and medical values. Modern nutritionists believe that flowers are mostly rich in nutrients such as starch, fat and protein, and also contain trace elements such as vitamins, zinc, iron and potassium, and phytochemicals beneficial to human body. Moreover, cauliflower is fragrant, fresh and delicious, rich in amino acids and vitamins, not only rich in nutritional value, but also beautiful and novel in appearance.
Eating flowers is a good way to beauty and skin care. Peach blossom, for example, contains a variety of nutrients, which can improve blood circulation, promote skin nutrition and oxygen supply, and moisturize the skin. It also contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which can prevent the chronic deposition of melanin on the skin and effectively remove chloasma, freckles and dark spots. Plant proteins and free amino acids in peach blossoms are easily absorbed by the skin, which is effective in preventing and treating dryness, roughness and wrinkles of the skin. Pear is white in color, crystal beautiful, simple and pure, and bitter and fragrant in taste. External use can remove acne, make skin shiny, and make facial skin delicate, white and smooth as jade.
Taking flowers into dishes is not only good in color, smell and taste, but also conducive to stimulating appetite. More importantly, it is a simple and cheap way to treat some minor illnesses. There are more than 2,200 kinds of drugs listed in the book National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine, of which about 1/3 are flowers. Canna, for example, its roots can be used as medicine to promote blood circulation, diuresis, soothe the nerves and lower blood pressure. Lily, as a kind of medicinal material with bulbs, has the effects of moistening lung, relieving cough, clearing heart fire and calming nerves. Mainly used for treating lung cancer with chronic cough, hematemesis, residual heat after fever, mental fatigue, fright and trance. Jasmine can relieve summer heat and ease the mood; Chrysanthemum can refresh the brain, clear the liver and improve eyesight.
In addition, the fragrance of flowers can also cure diseases. It is found that the fragrance of more than 300 kinds of flowers contains different fungicides, many of which are beneficial to human body, and different floral scents have adjuvant therapeutic effects on different diseases.
Spring is the season when flowers bloom. There are many edible flowers, such as Magnolia, Rose, Rose, Pear, Yang Shuhua, Honeysuckle and Sophora japonica.
According to Professor Du, the chief nutritionist of the Nutrition Department of Qianfoshan Hospital in Shandong Province, not all flowers can cook, so when choosing cauliflower, we must first determine whether it is non-toxic. For example, some flowers, such as oleander, Datura stramonium, single flower and poinsettia, contain harmful ingredients and cannot be eaten at will. At the same time, the starch and sugar of flowers are relatively high, so they can be imported and taste good. Usually considered as official vegetables, taro flower, leek flower, lily flower, pumpkin flowers, magnolia flower, wisteria flower, Sophora japonica flower, lotus flower, plantain flower, etc. In addition, roses, chrysanthemums, epiphyllum, kapok, jasmine, orchids, osmanthus and so on are all beauty products.
These beautiful and fragrant flowers and dishes are not for everyone. The human body is different, and everyone's skin color, skin quality and physique are different. Even if flowers (non-toxic and therapeutic) are helpful to people, they can't be the same. If some guests are allergic to pollen, they can only sigh at the ocean. Relatively speaking, edible flowers are still a small number, and it is best to eat them under the guidance of professionals. Most flowers can't be eaten casually. For some people who want to cook flowers and vegetables at home, it is particularly important to find out whether the selected flowers can be eaten in their mouths and which parts they should eat before starting work. Even different varieties of the same flower have different effects. Eating poisonous flowers by mistake can cause allergic and toxic reactions. In addition, the flowers in restaurants are generally directly supplied by the ecological park, which is a green food specially cultivated for cooking. However, most of the flowers sold in the market have pesticide and fertilizer residues, which are not suitable for eating. It is best to choose the flowers planted at home to be more assured. At the same time, the cooking of flowers should generally be light, not fried or overweight, and the color and fragrance of flowers should be kept as much as possible.
Eating flowers not only looks pleasing to the eye, but also feels very good when eaten in the mouth after frying, which can be described as "three clean": crisp, fragrant and light.
When tasting flowers and dishes, we mainly eat blooming petals, or use sugar stains, or salt, or hot water, or fresh into the pot, stir-fry and make desserts or stews. For example, peony flowers can be eaten in a variety of ways, such as frying, burning, frying and making soup, all of which can be delicious. For example, peony flowers and meat are stewed together to make "gravy peony", which is bright in color and delicious. Peony wrapped in flour fried to eat, delicious and attractive; When making peony flower tremella soup, sprinkle some peony petals, which are bright and fragrant, and make people have an appetite. Besides, fried fish fillets with peony and fried duck ribs with peony are also seasonal delicacies. Peach blossom can be made into seasonal food, such as stewed hibiscus with peach blossom and crab roe, boiled bullfrog with peach perfume, boiled fresh fish with peach blossom and so on. Sophora japonica can be steamed with salt, pepper, onion, ginger, garlic, wormwood and other seasonings, which can be eaten as a meal or as a meal.