Wintersweet flowers are warm in nature and flavor, non-toxic, can be brewed and drunk, and can be used medicinally. They have the effect of relieving summer heat and promoting fluid production.
Hibiscus flowers clear away heat and cool blood and can be taken orally.
White orchid, pomegranate, forsythia, honeysuckle, hibiscus, osmanthus, rose, and jasmine are all non-toxic and can be eaten or used as medicine.
Fragrant flowers include: jasmine, narcissus, rose, osmanthus, daphne, orchid, white orchid, lily, lilac, smile, honeysuckle, Milan, etc.
The whole plant of marshmallow is used as medicine, and the roots, leaves, flowers and seeds are taken orally to treat inability to defecate. The flowers or leaves are crushed and applied externally to treat carbuncles, sores, bee and scorpion stings, and can cure enteritis and dysentery.
Its young seedlings can be used as edible vegetables; the peeled flower stems can be used as ropes.
Hollyhock flowers can also be used in Chinese herbal medicine and beauty treatments.
In recent years, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, it has developed into a green food, and a variety of delicious dishes cooked with its flowers have become specialty foods with extremely high nutritional content.
It has multiple uses such as edible, medicinal, cosmetic, and ornamental uses.
Winter coral can be used as medicine, but it is poisonous.
Oleander, poppy poppies, mandala, narcissus, etc. are all poisonous and must not be eaten.
Do not use flowers sold in the market for cooking.
Because we need to avoid pesticides.
Flower dishes have emerged in my country more than 2,000 years ago. Qu Yuan's "Li Sao" has a description of "drinking magnolias in the morning and falling dew, and eating autumn chrysanthemums in the evening".
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, flower-eating was popular among the royal family.
After the publication of Lin Hong's monograph on flower food "Shan Jia Qing Gong" in the Song Dynasty, flower food was gradually introduced to the people and remains popular today.
According to reports, the Empress Dowager Cixi was addicted to flowers. She dried roses, jasmine, and wild winter flowers, mixed them with tea and drank them together. She also often ordered the imperial kitchen to pick flowers for her meals and make them into delicacies.
Empress Dowager Cixi invented a sweet sauce made from roses and sugar, which has a wonderful aroma and taste.
In summer, she asked the imperial dining room to collect many fresh lotus flowers, peel off the most complete petals, soak them in flour mixed with eggs, add chicken soup or refined sugar, divided into sweet and salty, and fry them thoroughly in an oil pan.
Made into a very delicious snack.
Around the Qingming Festival, when the tall magnolia trees in the palace garden are in full bloom, the plump petals will be picked and sent to the imperial kitchen. According to the method of processing lotus, they will be fried into fragrant and sweet magnolia slices, ready for serving.
Cixi enjoyed it.
Flowers have become a delicacy for gourmets because they have unique nutritional, cosmetic and medical values ??for the human body. According to the determination of modern nutritionists, flowers are mostly rich in nutrients such as starch, fat, and protein, and also contain a variety of vitamins and zinc.
, iron, potassium and other trace elements, and also contains phytochemicals that are beneficial to the human body.
Moreover, flower dishes are rich in floral fragrance, smooth and delicious, and are rich in amino acids and vitamins. They have rich nutritional value and beautiful and novel appearance.
Eating flowers is a great way to nourish and beautify your skin.
For example, peach blossoms contain a variety of nutrients, which can improve blood circulation, promote skin nutrition and oxygen supply, and moisturize the skin.
It also contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements, which can prevent the chronic deposition of melanin in the skin and effectively remove chloasma, freckles and dark spots.
The plant proteins and free amino acids in peach blossoms are easily absorbed by the skin and are effective in preventing and treating dry, rough skin and wrinkles.
Pear blossoms are white in color, crystal clear and beautiful, simple and pure, with a bitter and fragrant taste. For external use, it can remove acne and make the complexion shiny. It can also make the facial skin as delicate and white as smooth as jade.
Using flowers in vegetables not only has a beautiful color and fragrance, but also helps increase appetite. More importantly, it is a simple and cheap way to treat some minor diseases.
The book "National Collection of Chinese Herbal Medicine" lists more than 2,200 kinds of medicines, of which flowers are used as medicines, accounting for about 1/3.
For example, the rhizome of Canna is used as medicine to promote blood circulation, diuresis, soothe the nerves and lower blood pressure.
Lily bulbs are used as medicine, which can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs, clear the heart and calm the nerves. It is mainly used to treat long-term cough with lung cancer, coughing up saliva and phlegm, residual heat after heat, irritability, palpitations, and confusion.
Jasmine can relieve heat, cool down and soothe the mood; chrysanthemum can refresh the brain, clear the liver and improve eyesight.
In addition, the fragrance of flowers can also cure diseases.
It has been found that the fragrance of more than 300 kinds of flowers contains different fungicides, many of which are beneficial to the human body. Different floral fragrances have auxiliary therapeutic effects on different diseases.
Spring is the season when flowers bloom, and there are naturally many edible flowers, including magnolia, roses, roses, pear blossoms, Chinese poplars, honeysuckle, sophora japonica, etc.
According to Professor Du Huizhen, chief nutritionist of the Nutrition Department of Qianfoshan Hospital in Shandong Province, not all flowers can be used for cooking, so when choosing flowers for vegetables, you must first determine whether they are non-toxic. For example, some flowers such as
Bamboo peaches, datura, cactus flowers, poinsettias, etc. contain ingredients that are harmful to the human body and should not be eaten casually.
At the same time, generally edible flowers are high in starch and sugar, so they can be eaten and taste good.
What are usually considered official vegetables are: taro flowers, leek flowers, daylily flowers, pumpkin flowers, magnolia flowers, wisteria flowers, sophora flowers, lotus flowers, plantain flowers, etc.; in addition, roses, chrysanthemums, epiphyllum, kapok, jasmine,
Orchids, osmanthus, etc. are all good beauty products.
These beautiful and fragrant flower dishes are not available to everyone.
The human body is different, with different skin colors, skin types, and constitutions. Even if flowers (non-toxic and therapeutic) can help people, they are not the same.
If some guests have allergic symptoms to pollen, they can only sigh in despair.