1. Casting

Mint is a perennial herb, which can be used as medicine and edible. It is very easy to grow, and its leaves and stems have a clear fragrance, which is also suitable for purifying the air.

Efficacy: pungent, cool, entering the lung meridian, expelling wind and heat, relieving sore throat and penetrating rash, clearing the head, soothing the liver and relieving depression. It can be used for treating wind-heat common cold, early fever, headache, sore throat, etc. It is often used with burdock, Schizonepeta and chrysanthemum to dispel wind and dissipate heat.

Temperature: Peppermint has strong adaptability to temperature, and its roots can survive the winter and can withstand the low temperature of-15℃. The optimum growth temperature is 25℃-30℃. When the temperature is lower than 15℃, the growth is slow, and when it is higher than 20℃, the growth is accelerated. 20℃-30℃, as long as the water and fertilizer are suitable, the higher the temperature, the faster the growth.

Illumination: Mint is a long-day crop and likes sunshine. Long-term sunshine can promote the flowering of peppermint, which is beneficial to the accumulation of peppermint oil and menthol.

Soil: Peppermint is not very strict with soil. Except for sandy soil, cohesive soil, low-lying land with heavy pH and poor drainage, it can be planted in general, especially sandy loam and alluvial soil. The optimum pH value of soil is 6-7.5.

2. Dandelion

Dandelion enters the liver and stomach meridian, which can protect liver and gallbladder, clear liver and stomach heat, remove fire and diminish inflammation. Dandelion can be added to all symptoms such as irritability, bitter mouth and dry mouth, halitosis and sore throat, and short and red urine.

Dandelion is a good medicine for preventing and treating breast diseases. Traditional Chinese medicine often uses it to treat breast abscess, which is now called purulent breast disease caused by breast redness and inflammation. In addition, dandelion also has a good diuretic effect, which can alleviate urinary system infection.

Dandelion contains high nutritional value, including dandelion, dandelion alcohol, choline, organic acids and inulin, as well as trace elements and vitamins, which can promote health after entering the body. Drinking water soaked in dandelion often helps to promote harmful substances to be excreted through urine. Dandelion has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass, promoting diuresis and resolving Huang Zhi. These effects are beneficial to protect the liver and promote liver detoxification.

Dandelion has strong disease resistance, drought resistance and insect resistance, and generally does not need pest control. The focus of field management is mainly watering and fertilization. Fertilization and watering of cattail. Dandelion is suitable for growing in fertile, moist, loose soil with high organic matter content, although it does not require high soil conditions. After sowing, we should always maintain the proper humidity of the soil.

The rhizome of dandelion has higher nutritional value and better liver protection effect than dandelion leaves. Moreover, dandelion rhizome can not only clear liver and purge fire, but also protect liver and detoxify and prevent liver injury, especially for alcoholic liver injury.

Dig out the dandelion roots and clean them, and be sure to clean them several times to avoid residual sediment; Clean dandelion roots and cut them into small pieces of about 5- 10 mm for later use; Put the cut dandelion root segments into a steamer and steam for 65438 0.5 minutes, then take them out and naturally cool them; Cool dandelion, put it in a wok, stir-fry frequently to avoid burning, stir-fry until the color is light brown, then take it out and cool it to room temperature. The dandelion root tea made by this method has better taste than the dandelion root directly dried in the sun, and is easy to brew, and the nutrients are easy to soak out, which can be described as full of color, flavor and taste.

It should be noted that dandelion is slightly cold. If it is spleen and stomach deficiency, you can choose to ferment dandelion root to make dandelion root black tea, which can greatly reduce the coldness of dandelion and is more suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. You can also mix dandelion roots with Rosa roxburghii to make dandelion Rosa roxburghii tea, or neutralize the coldness of dandelion, or add jujube and ginger slices.

3. honeysuckle

Honeysuckle, also called honeysuckle, comes from Compendium of Materia Medica. It blooms in March and has strong adaptability. Like sunshine, tolerant to shade, cold, drought and humidity. The requirements for soil are not strict, but it grows best on moist and fertile deep sandy soil.

Efficacy: Sweet, cold and fragrant, it has been a good medicine for clearing away heat and toxic materials since ancient times. It is especially suitable for eliminating wind-heat, exogenous wind-heat, various fevers, sore throat, measles, urticaria, acne and other fevers, and has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antiviral effects.

Wind-heat sore throat: honeysuckle 10g, chrysanthemum 10g, boiled in water, directly drunk, clearing away heat and toxic materials.

4.lavender

Lavender has a fragrant smell, which can soothe the nerves, relieve pain, calm down and relieve insomnia, headache and anxiety. Lavender is also often used as a cosmetic and anti-inflammatory product, such as soaking fresh lavender in hot water to steam the face, which has the functions of cleaning the skin, diminishing inflammation and balancing oil secretion; Or decoct juice to apply cuts and lacerations. To prevent infection and inflammation.

Edible, lavender can make tea to drink. For a long time, Europeans have known that lavender has the function of invigorating the stomach, so lavender is often added as a seasoning in cooking, or mixed with vinegar, wine and jelly to enhance fragrance. Sauces made from lavender are particularly tasty.

Lavender can't stand high temperature and humidity, and it will die after being flooded for a long time. When planting outdoors, be careful not to let the rain directly rain on the plants. After May, it is necessary to move the place out of direct sunlight, increase ventilation, reduce the ambient temperature and keep cool. Lavender doesn't like water staying in the roots. After the first watering, water should be supplied when the soil is dry. The surface medium was dry and the inside was moist, and the leaves wilted slightly. Water in the morning, avoid the sun, and don't splash water on leaves and flowers, otherwise it will rot and breed pests and diseases. Continuous humid environment will make the roots grow poorly, there is not enough air to breathe, and even the whole plant will die suddenly. This is often the reason for the failure of lavender cultivation.

Lavender is a full-day plant, which needs sufficient sunshine and suitable humidity environment, and the environment that can give sufficient sunshine is better.