What is the cockle flower
Cockle flower Chinese alias: cockle flower, old to red, reed cockle, pen cockle, small head cockle, cockle cockle, cockle tail cockle, big cockle flower, cockle root, red cockle. Annual herb, summer and fall flowering, flowers are mostly red, cockle-shaped, so called. Native to Africa, tropical America and India. Prefer sunny, hot and humid, intolerant of frost. Intolerant of barrenness, like loose fertile and well-drained soil. Widely cultivated around the world, common garden plants.
Cocklebur's role?
1, strong body efficacy
"Bird of the flower" cockscomb, not only colorful and lovely, but also can be made into a variety of medicines and delicacies, has a very good body efficacy. Cockscomb has the magic effect of treating hemorrhoids and bleeding, red and white dysentery, collapse, red and white leucorrhoea and other symptoms.
2, supplement the role of amino acids
Cockscomb is a good medicine, it contains many beneficial nutrients to the human body tonic ingredients, such as protein, minerals, vitamins, natural coenzymes, dietary fiber and so on. According to Italian scientists after observation and research found that the cocklebur has more nutrients, high food value, so people will be made into a variety of delicious dishes, which helps to supplement the amino acids needed by the body. Eating chickweed can effectively treat the symptoms of blindness caused by the lack of amino acids.
3, cool blood and stop bleeding efficacy
Can be treated for intestinal wind and blood, red blood, dysentery, leakage, bandage, gonorrhea and other diseases. Cockscomb seedlings also have some medicinal value, can cure hemorrhoids, dysentery, vomiting blood, epistaxis, hemorrhage, urticaria and other diseases. In addition to this, the petals and seeds of the cocklebur flower can also provide nutritional balancers for the human body.
4, ornamental value
Cockscomb flowers colorful, is a famous open field herbaceous flowers in the gardening, its color bright bright, ornamental value is very high. Cockscomb in the high type varieties commonly used in flower beds, flower field cultivation, can also be used as cut flower material inserted in the vase, can keep more than ten days, of course, can also be made into dry flowers, never withered. Dwarf cockscomb is mostly used for pots or flower beds, such as the edge of the planting.
5, purify the environment
Cockscomb is an excellent ornamental plants, widely used around the world, it has excellent landscaping and purification of the environment, can be called anti-pollution mass ornamental flowers. Cockscomb has excellent resistance to sulfur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, etc., is very suitable for the greening of factories and mines, effectively purify the air in these places, is very beneficial to health.
6, treatment, killing insects and other roles
Cockscomb is cool, sweet and astringent flavor, according to a variety of ancient and modern literature, it can be used for the treatment of glaucoma, night blindness, cataracts, etc., on the female private trichomonas also has a killing effect. Cockscomb has a variety of medicinal formula, the disease can be symptomatic; and it also has a lot of dietary treatments, can nourish yin and dryness, clearing heat and detoxification, benefit the spleen and stomach, clearing lungs, edema, diuresis, cancer prevention, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, relief of angina, and so on.
How to make Cockscomb Tea
1, a teaspoon of Cockscomb Tea, with a cup of boiling hot water, simmering for about ten minutes can be; can be added to brown sugar or honey to drink.
2, crown flower 30 grams, 5 grams of tea, with boiling water can be brewed, you can add honey to drink.
The classification of varieties of cockscomb flowers
1, flower-like type: the corolla part of the particularly dense and globular species, known as the "Kurume cockscomb flowers", flower beds and cut flower cultivation are very common.
2, flower-like type: the shape of the flower is feathery, the corolla is like a flame, bright colors, whether it is cultivated in flower beds or as cut flowers, are very pleasing to the eye.
3, flower-like type: the corolla is similar to the fir-shaped cone, the flower spike is short and tight, there are especially suitable for cut flowers.