Can dogwood fruit be eaten?
The fruit of Cornus officinalis is edible, which is a Chinese herbal medicine that can be eaten directly, especially the newly matured Cornus officinalis, which is rich in juice, bright red in color and sweet and attractive in taste.
How to eat dogwood fruit?
1, medicated diet: Wash Cornus officinalis and put it into medicated diet.
2. Soak in water to make tea: You can dry the dogwood fruit and soak it in hot water.
3. Soaking in wine: Wash Cornus officinalis, soak it in Chinese liquor at the ratio of 1: 10 for seven days before drinking.
Efficacy and function of Cornus officinalis
1, Cornus officinalis can tonify liver and kidney after taking medicine. When dizziness, tinnitus, backache and other symptoms are caused by liver and kidney deficiency, Cornus officinalis, Lycium barbarum and Eucommia ulmoides can be decocted together and used uniformly.
2. Cornus officinalis can warm and tonify kidney-yang, relieve dysuria and treat adverse symptoms such as nocturnal emission, nocturnal emission and frequent micturition.
3. Cornus officinalis can resist oxidation and delay aging. The extract can also reduce blood lipid and clear cholesterol, thus preventing arteriosclerosis of coronary heart disease.
4. Cornus officinalis has obvious therapeutic effect on human leukopenia, especially people with liver and kidney deficiency can be treated directly with Cornus officinalis.
Cornus officinalis fruit ripening
It takes about 65,438+00 years for Cornus officinalis seeds to bear fruit from emergence. If it is properly managed and the growing environment is good, it can bear fruit 2-3 years earlier. Generally, it blooms in March-April, and the fruit matures in September-65438+1October.