Willow leaves are rich in tannins and have diuretic, anti-inflammatory and detoxification effects. In recent years, the injection made of willow leaves in medicine has a good curative effect on upper respiratory tract infection, tracheitis, pneumonia, cystitis, suppurative parotitis, mastitis and pharyngitis. Willow leaves also contain high iodine, which can be used to make sugar-coated tablets to prevent endemic goiter.

Willow buds are edible, tea and medicine, but they should be picked before the tidbits open. When making tea, you should choose the newly sprouted buds to dry in the sun, and then brew them with boiling water together with the tea leaves. Up to now, the monks of Changchun Ling Temple in Yangzhou still mix willow leaves and tea leaves to make tea, so as to eliminate disasters and prolong life.

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Precautions:

1. Willow bud itself has certain toxicity, but it is very light, and a small amount will not affect human body. Willow trees on the roadside have long been directly related to automobile exhaust, and the lead content is often seriously exceeded.

2. The willow trees in the city may have pesticide residues, which may be poisoned if eaten. Willow trees growing near waste water and chemical plants may also have excessive toxins and are not suitable for eating.

3, according to the physical condition to adjust, so as not to cause unnecessary harm to the body, know who is not suitable for eating willow buds, and hope to pay more attention to personal physical condition and eat more healthy food.

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