Efficacy of citronella:
You can put drinking water instead of lemon, that is, ready-made lemonade, and the leaves can be made into great dried flowers, which can continuously emit lemon fragrance. Naturally contains lemon fragrance, and has the effects of clearing stomach, refreshing brain and strengthening yang. Dai people like to use citronella as seasoning, wrap the pickled crucian carp and tilapia with it, and roast them slowly with charcoal fire until the fish is cooked and delicious. It is also called citronella because of its lemon fragrance. It belongs to Gramineae and is a perennial herb. It not only has ornamental value, but also can green and beautify the home. Because it contains citral, it has the efficacy of disinfection, sterilization and treatment of neuralgia and muscle pain, so citronella is known as "pain-relieving swordsman". Using it to make tea can improve digestive function, strengthen stomach and reduce fat, relieve muscle soreness, abdominal cramps or spasms, and deal with digestive problems; It can also be used to treat diarrhea, cold, fever and headache. In addition, it also has diuretic, anemia-preventing and moisturizing effects on women, and is an indispensable medicine for women's beauty care. Citronella is not suitable for pregnant women because of its strong fragrance.
Citronella, alias Baomao, Latin name citronella. It is a perennial herb. Culms are thin, tufted, erect, almost hairless, and nodes swell. Leaf sheaths are hairless, the base is mostly broken, and the upper part is shorter than the internodes; Ligule obtuse and round, membranous, with irregular rupture at apex; Leaf blade narrowly linear; Almost hairless on both sides, with white powder.