Spread a piece of cloth on the ground and shake it gently, and the osmanthus will fall.
Brief introduction of osmanthus:
Osmanthus fragrans, also known as Osmanthus fragrans, is an evergreen shrub or tree of Meliaceae. Common species are osmanthus fragrans, osmanthus fragrans and osmanthus fragrans. Leaves opposite, leathery, inflorescence clustered in leaf axils. The flowering period is from September to 10 and the fruiting period is from March to April of the following year. Osmanthus fragrans has golden broken flowers, which are very fragrant. It is one of the top ten famous flowers in China. China is the country of origin, and it is cultivated in many places. Fresh sweet clover flowers can be used to make cakes, sugar and wine.
Second, the medicinal value:
Oleaceae evergreen tree, 3- 15m high, with gray branches. Leaves opposite, leathery, rectangular, 6- 12 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, entire. Flowers clustered in leaf axils, pale yellow and white, 4-lobed. Drupe oval, purple-black when mature. The flowers are fragrant, and the fragrant oil is extracted to make osmanthus essence, which can be used in food, cosmetics, cakes, sweets and wine making. It is also an ornamental plant. Osmanthus fragrans is pungent and can be used as medicine.
Third, the value of diet therapy:
Harvesting when flowering in autumn, drying in the shade, removing impurities, and sealing and storing for later use; You can also use less.
[medicinal properties] pungent, slightly bitter and flat in nature. It can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough, promote blood circulation and relieve pain.
Fourth, weight loss recipes:
Glutinous rice and osmanthus lotus root:
Dishes and Efficacy: Dessert/Snack
Taste: fragrance technology: boiling
Materials for making glutinous rice, osmanthus fragrans and lotus root;
Ingredients: 800g lotus root, 200g glutinous rice.
Accessories: 20 grams of lotus leaf
Seasoning: 100g sugar. Osmanthus fragrans 40g
Characteristics of glutinous rice and osmanthus lotus root: sweet, cool and fragrant.
Five, glutinous rice osmanthus lotus root how to do:
1. Wash glutinous rice and soak it in warm water for about 1 hour;
2. Wash the lotus root and disconnect it according to the section;
3. Cut off one end of the lotus root, expose the lotus root hole, fill in the soaked glutinous rice, cover the lotus root knot, and insert the bamboo stick firmly;
4. Pour water into the pot, add lotus root (rice mouth up) and bring to a boil;
5. Cover with clean lotus leaves, cover and simmer for about two hours.
6. Take out the lotus root, let it cool, peel it, cut it into pieces with a thickness of 0.8 cm, and put it on the plate;
7. Put the pot on the fire, add water to boil, add sugar to dissolve, skim off the floating foam, and switch to a small fire;
8. When the sugar juice is sticky, add osmanthus syrup, stir well, and cool off the fire;
9. Pour the sugar paper on the sticky rice.
Sixth, the growth environment:
Osmanthus fragrans likes warm environment, and should grow in acid sandy loam with deep soil layer, good drainage, fertility and rich humus. Not drought-tolerant and barren, it grows very slowly in shallow, hardened and barren soil, with few branches and leaves, thin leaves, yellow leaves, no flowers or few flowers, and even periodic dead tops. In severe cases, the whole plant of osmanthus fragrans died; It likes sunshine, but it has a certain shade tolerance. Small trees need some shade, and adult trees need relatively sufficient light to ensure the normal growth of osmanthus fragrans.