So, what are the characteristics of hibiscus flowers? Does hibiscus really have medicinal effects? Let's take a look at it with Bian Xiao today!
Growth habit of hibiscus;
Hibiscus flowers like light and are slightly tolerant to shade; Like warm and humid climate, not cold-resistant. When planted in the open field in the northern part of the Yangtze River basin, the aboveground parts often freeze to death in winter, but new buds can grow from the roots in the next spring and bloom normally in autumn.
I like fertile, moist and well-drained sandy loam.
Fast growth and strong tillering ability.
It has strong resistance to SO2, and also has certain resistance to Cl2 and HCl.
Morphological characteristics of hibiscus;
Hibiscus deciduous shrubs or small trees, 2-5 meters high. Branchlets, petioles, pedicels and calyx are densely covered with fine hairs mixed with stellate hairs and straight hairs.
Leaves alternate; The petiole is 5-20 cm long; Stipules lanceolate, 6-8 mm long, often caducous; The leaves are ovoid to ovoid or heart-shaped, with a diameter of 10- 15cm, often 5-7-lobed, with triangular lobes, tapering tips, obtuse serrations, stellate hairs and spots at the top and stellate villi at the bottom; Main pulse 7- 1 1.
Flowers solitary in axils, pedicels about 5-8 mm long, with nodes at the proximal end; 8 bracteoles, linear, long 10- 16 mm, about 2 mm wide, densely stellate hairy, connate at the base; Calyx campanulate; 2.5-3 cm long, 5 lobes, ovate, acuminate; The flower is white or reddish at first, and then becomes crimson, with a diameter of about 8cm, petals nearly round, with a diameter of 4-5cm, outer fur and bearded hair at the base; Staminal column 2.5-3 cm long, glabrous; Style 5, sparsely hairy.
The capsule is oblate, about 2.5 cm in diameter, covered with yellowish bristles and woolly hairs, and has 5 pulp. Seeds reniform, abaxially villous.
Flowering: August -65438+ 10.
Efficacy and function of hibiscus flowers;
; Cooling blood to stop bleeding; Reduce swelling and discharge pus.
Lung heat cough; Hematemesis; Eyes red and swollen; Collapse and leakage; Leucorrhea; Diarrhea; ; Carbuncle swelling; Furuncle; Snakebite; Fire and water; Fall injury.
"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "treat carbuncle swelling and sores, reduce swelling, expel pus and relieve pain.
Pharmacological studies show that hibiscus contains flavonoid glycosides, anthocyanins and other components, and the decoction of its flowers has a strong inhibitory effect on hemolytic streptococcus.
Its leaf decoction has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus.
20% ointment made of hibiscus and vaseline has obvious effect on local infection.
Its medicinal effects are as follows:
Treatment of menorrhagia:
Equal parts of hibiscus flowers and lotus seed shells are ground into powder, 6 grams each time, 1, three times a day, and rice soup is delivered.
Treat cough:
60 grams of hibiscus flowers, right amount of pig heart and lungs, add 60 grams of brown sugar to eat meat and drink soup after stewing.
Handling fire and water:
Flowers of hibiscus mutabilis are dried, ground into powder, mixed with sesame oil and coated.
Treatment of swelling poisoning:
Equal parts of hibiscus mutabilis leaves and xanthium sibiricum, grinding into powder, mixing with honey, and applying.
Treatment of mumps:
Grind hibiscus leaves into powder, mix them with egg white evenly, 1, and apply them twice a day.
Treating mastitis:
The fresh roots and leaves of hibiscus mutabilis were equally divided, mashed and mixed with Chinese liquor.
Treatment of swelling and pain:
Hibiscus hibiscus flowers 30-60g (dried flowers halved), rock sugar 15g.
Boil hibiscus flowers in water, take the juice and add rock sugar to dissolve, and often drink instead of tea.
Treating gout:
30g hibiscus leaves and 30g hibiscus flowers.
Select hibiscus mutabilis, put it in a medicine pot, add appropriate amount of water, soak it for 5- 10 minutes, decoct it with water to get juice, put it in a bathtub, and take a foot bath when it is warm, twice a day for 20-30 minutes, once a day 1 dose for 2-3 weeks.
Treating rheumatism:
Hibiscus and Taxilli each 10g.
Select hibiscus mutabilis, put it in a medicine pot, add appropriate amount of water, soak it for 5- 10 minutes, decoct it with water to get juice, put it in a bathtub, and take a foot bath when it is warm, twice a day for 20-30 minutes, once a day 1 dose for 2-3 weeks.
The above is a detailed introduction about the main characteristics and medicinal value of hibiscus flowers. After reading this article, do you have a full understanding of hibiscus flowers? If your body has the above symptoms, you can try the above, which may have unexpected effects!