Medicinal value: The alias camellia is derived from Camellia japonica L., a plant of the genus Camellia in the family Theaceae. The roots and flowers are used as medicine.
The roots can be harvested throughout the year; the flowers can be harvested in spring and winter and dried in the sun or oven.
The nature and flavor are acrid, bitter and cold.
Function: Astringent, cooling blood and stopping bleeding.
It is used for vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematochezia, and hemorrhage; it is used externally to treat burns and scalds, and bleeding from wounds.
Usage and dosage: 2 to 3 yuan.
For external use, grind an appropriate amount into sesame oil and apply it.
Edible value: To sum up, there are three edible values ??of camellia: 1. An important oil-bearing plant. Camellia is not only an important ornamental flower and tree, but also an important oil-bearing plant.
Almost all of their seeds are rich in unsaturated fatty oils, commonly known as tea seed oil. The white-flowered camellia oleifera in Jiangxi and Hunan and the safflower camellia produced in Tengchong, Yunnan are the most famous and have become one of the most important woody oil plants in my country. one.
Camellia has the characteristics of high quality, high yield and long life, and is a precious "hardcore crop" in mountainous areas.
Taking Tengchong safflower camellia as an example, the maximum oil yield per plant is 30 kilograms, and the seed yield is about 100 kilograms. The county's highest annual output (seeds) is 750,000 kilograms.
Camellia oil is translucent, dark brown, semi-dry, rich in linoleic acid, mainly for food, especially suitable for patients with cardiovascular disease. The best tea oil will condense into milky white crystals in winter.
The dried oil after pressing can be used for washing, fertilizer and insecticide.
The husk is rich in tannins, which can be used to extract tannins and saponins to make alkali.
?2. Important nectar plants. There are a large number of white-flowered Camellia oleifera, red-flowered Camellia oleifera and various camellias distributed in my country. Their flowering periods are from September to November and October to April of the following year respectively. They are the main nectar plants in winter and spring, and they have flowering periods. Characteristics of long, sweet honey texture.
?Camellia oleifera pollen grains are nearly spherical, with a diameter of 38.1 microns × 45.6 microns, and are located in the grooves.
The flowers are rich in nectar, and each colony of Chinese bees can collect 5 to 10 kilograms of tea nectar all year round.
Camellia honey is amber in color, thick and fragrant. It is high-quality honey.
However, because Camellia oleifera honey contains polysaccharides, when the weather is dry and there is a lack of auxiliary honey sources, it will cause poisoning of the bees themselves, causing the colony to decline. This is more serious for Italian bees, while Chinese bees are more adaptable.
?3. Camellia Flowers and Food Camellia is a symbol of beauty, and the bright camellia is the essence of the camellia tree.
Camellia petals with the male and female stamens removed are non-toxic. The petals are rich in nutrients such as multiple vitamins, proteins, fats, starches and various trace minerals. They also contain efficient biologically active substances.
?Usually, after cleaning the camellia petals, various "salad snacks" are prepared according to the flower color, or the camellia petals are used with fresh chicken or lean meat slices to cook them into delicious dishes.
Use the petals of white camellia and red camellia to fry in oil or noodles, and the sugar can be eaten. It can be made into camellia cakes with rice (noodles).
Eating dark red camellia can also strengthen the stomach and has miraculous effects in treating dysentery.
Edible flowers are becoming a new trend in modern food culture that people around the world are keen on.
Beauty: Use some toner and then apply camellia seed oil.
After hydrating with plenty of toner, camellia seed oil can act as a moisturizer.