Can you eat acacia flowers?
Acacia acacia can be eaten Pink flowers of ornamental acacia poisonous "Eat acacia flowers do not eat the wrong species, not paying attention to may be poisoned." Xi'an, there are about three kinds of acacia trees, respectively, is the state acacia, acacia and horticultural ornamental acacia. The acacia is our city tree, the flower is yellow-white, not only can be a yellow dye, bark, branches and leaves, buds and flowers can be used as medicine. It is not the flower of the acacia that can clear heat, cool blood and stop bleeding, calm the liver and lower blood pressure, but its seeds - acacia real. Around the city park is planted in the acacia, is the "acacia", the flower is white, the fragrance is very strong. Acacia flowers do not have much nutritional value and medicinal value. Autumn Xiaodong also specially reminded the guys, the kind of pink flowers horticultural ornamental acacia don't eat, if you accidentally eat, light allergies, heavy poisoning! Eat acacia flowers are very careful pregnant women do not move it The following several precautions can be remembered. The young shoots of the acacia tree cannot be eaten. Some people stroke the acacia flower, even on the branch of the leaves shoots also brought down, back to the processing is not pay attention to, mixed together to eat. But this shoots can have toxic side effects, eaten is likely to cause allergies or make people hand swelling, tingling, general weakness. Eating acacia flowers should be careful to prevent dermatitis. Acacia flowers in the human body can break down a photosensitive substances, some people are very sensitive to this substance, the human body exposed to the outside of the face, hands, feet and other parts of the skin after direct sunlight, may lead to metabolic disorders and induce "solar dermatitis". The flowers of acacia can not be eaten, while the flowers of acacia can be eaten. Because both trees are commonly known as acacia in life, their flowers are called "acacia flowers" so do not misunderstand. I believe you are talking about the flowers of the acacia, which can be eaten, can be blanched and then cold, the flavor is good. Picture: The flowers of acacia can not be eaten, but can be used as medicine, that is, acacia rice. Can, acacia flowers This product is a legume Sophora japonica L. Sophora japonica L. dried flowers and flower buds. Summer flowers open or buds formed when harvested, timely drying, remove branches, stalks and impurities. The former used to be called "Sophora japonica", the latter used to be called "Sophora japonica rice". The product is wrinkled and curled, and the petals are scattered. Calyx campanulate, yellow-green, apex 5-lobed; petals 5, yellow or yellow-white, 1 piece larger, suborbicular, apex retuse, the remaining 4 pieces oblong. Stamens 10, 9 of them basally united, filaments slender. Pistil terete, curved. Body light. Odorless, slightly bitter taste. Sophora japonica Ovate-elliptic, 2-6 mm long, about 2 mm in diameter, with several longitudinal stripes on the lower part of the calyx. The upper part of the calyx is yellowish-white unopened petals. The pedicel is small. The body is light and crumbles when twisted in the hand. Odorless, slightly bitter taste. Taste and Meridian: Bitter, slightly cold. Attributed to the liver, large intestine meridian. Functions and IndicationsCooling blood to stop bleeding, clearing the liver and cathartic fire. It is used in treating blood in stool, hemorrhoidal blood, dysentery, bleeding, hematemesis, hematemesis, epistaxis, liver-heat, red eyes, headache and dizziness. Usage and dosage 5-9g. Store in a dry place, moisture-proof, moth-proof.