Osmanthus is one of the top ten traditional flowers in China. It is an excellent garden tree species that is both ornamental and practical, integrating greening, beautification and fragrance. Osmanthus can be seen as clear as dust, and can spread far and wide when concentrated. Absolutely. In addition to beautifying and greening, sweet-scented osmanthus also has extremely high edible and medicinal values. So, what are the functions and effects of osmanthus? Let’s take a look at the functions, functions and taboos of osmanthus, as well as how to eat osmanthus.

Effects and functions of Osmanthus

The fruits of Osmanthus osmanthus are used as medicine to resolve phlegm, regulate rhythm, warm the stomach, and calm the liver. Decoction of branches, leaves and roots applied to the affected area can activate muscles and bones, relieve pain, and treat rheumatism and numbness. The wood of the laurel tree is dense, has beautiful texture, is not easy to burst, and has a smooth planed surface. It is a good wood for carving.

Osmanthus fragrans has certain resistance to harmful gases such as chlorine, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen fluoride, and has a strong ability to absorb dust. It is often used in cities and industrial and mining areas.

After the osmanthus is dried, you can make tea. Osmanthus tea has refreshing fragrance and refreshing effect.

After scalding the sweet-scented osmanthus in boiling water, pick it up and dry it. Cover it with sugar and seal it in a bottle to maintain the color and aroma. It can be used as a food spice.

Add sweet-scented osmanthus, pure lotus root powder and sugar to prepare the sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root powder, which is delicious and appetizing. Take the fine jujubes, add sugar and cook them. When the soup is almost gone, add the sweet-scented osmanthus to make the sweet-scented osmanthus candied dates that strengthen the spleen and appetizer.

Osmanthus fragrans is warm in nature and pungent in taste. It can be decoctioned, brewed in tea or soaked in wine for oral administration. It can resolve phlegm and dissipate blood stasis. It has certain effects on loss of appetite, cough due to phlegm, intestinal wind and blood dysentery, and amenorrhea and abdominal pain. Cinnamon twigs, cinnamon seeds, and cinnamon roots can all be used as medicine. Guizhi Decoction, which is prepared from cassia twig, peony, ginger, jujube and licorice, specializes in treating exogenous wind evil, fever and headache. Gui root tastes sweet and slightly astringent.

Osmanthus fragrans is the flower of Oleaceae. It has a pungent taste and warms the meridian of the lungs and large intestine. For "hernia", it means constant heat and pain in the abdomen, and "bengu" means cold air rushing up from the kidneys. Or the liver qi fire rushes up from the chest to the throat to the abdomen, such as cramps, chest tightness, shortness of breath, dizziness, palpitations, irritability, gas accumulation in the intestines, hyperperistalsis or spasm, phlegm and saliva that cannot be coughed up, etc. It has good curative effects. Regular consumption is obviously helpful for beauty and skin care.

Osmanthus tea can beautify the skin, soothe the throat, improve the symptoms of phlegm and cough, and treat duodenal ulcer, measles, stomach cold and stomachache, bad breath, and blurred vision.

Osmanthus tea has a refreshing fragrance and refreshing effect. After scalding the sweet-scented osmanthus in boiling water, pick it up and dry it, then crush it with sugar and seal it in a bottle to maintain the color and aroma. It can be used as a food spice.

Add sweet-scented osmanthus, pure lotus root powder and sugar to prepare the sweet-scented osmanthus and lotus root powder, which is delicious and appetizing. Take the fine jujubes, add sugar and cook them. When the soup is almost gone, add the sweet-scented osmanthus to make the sweet-scented osmanthus candied dates that strengthen the spleen and appetizer. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Osmanthus fragrans is warm in nature and pungent in taste. When taken orally in decoction, tea, or soaked in wine, it can resolve phlegm and dissipate blood stasis. It has certain effects on loss of appetite, cough due to phlegm, intestinal wind and blood, dysentery, and amenorrhea and abdominal pain. Cinnamon twigs, cinnamon seeds, and cinnamon roots can all be used as medicine.

The aroma of osmanthus itself can soothe people's emotions. Osmanthus can be brewed into osmanthus tea. Drinking it for a long time can not only whiten the skin, but also leave a lingering fragrance in the mouth, leaving people with endless aftertaste. Osmanthus tea can clear away heat and disinfect, moisturize the intestines and relieve constipation. It can also have certain curative effects on stomatitis, chapped skin, periodontitis and hoarseness. Osmanthus tea not only has its unique floral fragrance, but it can also be helpful to yourself, so why not do it.

Osmanthus can also be made into osmanthus cake. Drinking osmanthus tea and eating osmanthus cake when your eyes are bright is also a very pleasant thing, which can nourish your mood.

Osmanthus can also be made into osmanthus wine. The resulting osmanthus wine is golden in color, crystal clear, aromatic and mellow in flavor, has a fragrant taste and a long aftertaste. It can relax muscles and activate blood circulation, increase calories, help digestion, and improve health. It has the effect of improving appetite and relieving fatigue.

The development prospects of osmanthus in food and medical care are very promising: as an additive, osmanthus has been widely used in pastries, candies, preserves, tea, wine and other foods; the fragrance of osmanthus is fresh and has considerable effect on improving the ecological environment. big benefit. Nowadays, osmanthus has become a raw material for refining spices and manufacturing soaps, perfumes and cosmetics. The demand for osmanthus in the international market is increasing.

Taboos of Osmanthus

1. People often use Osmanthus as raw material to make Osmanthus tea. It is a specialty tea in my country. It has a soft aroma and delicious taste and is deeply loved by the public. Osmanthus tea has the effects of beautifying the skin and soothing the throat. It can effectively improve the symptoms of phlegm and cough. It is very effective in treating symptoms such as duodenal ulcer, measles, cold stomach and stomachache, bad breath, and blurred vision.

2. Osmanthus fragrans is an excellent flower that is both ornamental and practical. It is a unique flower that can be clear from dust and dense enough to spread far away. Osmanthus has a very strong aroma. People use this property to make various delicacies, take medicine, make tea, etc., and the effect is excellent. However, the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus is too strong, so you must not take it in excess to avoid adverse reactions and lose its original health care effects.

How to eat osmanthus

There are many ways to eat osmanthus, such as making glutinous rice with osmanthus lotus root, osmanthus yellow forest cake, osmanthus cake, wolfberry osmanthus tea, osmanthus purple sweet potato glutinous rice, Various delicacies such as sweet-scented osmanthus milk tofu, sweet-scented sweet-scented osmanthus rice dumplings, roasted sweet-scented osmanthus sausage, sweet-scented osmanthus almond tofu, sweet-scented osmanthus adzuki bean porridge, etc. are delicious, rich and soft in aroma, and have different health-preserving effects.