How to eat cock flower

Many people may not have heard of cockscomb, which is commonly known as cockscomb. This plant looks extremely bright in color, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye. Not only that, cockscomb can also have edible and medicinal value. As long as it is stir-fried for a period of time, cockscomb can be used as a medicinal material, especially when people have bloody stools, this medicine can be used for treatment.

Cockscomb, the name of a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried inflorescence of Celosia cristata L., a plant of the Amaranthaceae family. The flowers are harvested in autumn when they are in full bloom and sun-dried.

1. Cockscomb: remove impurities and residual stems, and cut into sections.

This product is in irregular blocks. Flat, some are cockscomb-shaped. The surface is red, purple or yellowish white. Black, oblate, kidney-shaped seeds can be seen. Slight odor, light taste.

2. Cockscomb charcoal: Take clean cockscomb and stir-fry it until it is charred black using the stir-fry method (the stir-fry method without adding any auxiliary ingredients is called the stir-fry method).

This product is shaped like cockscomb. The surface is dark brown and the inside is burnt brown. Black seeds are visible. It has a burnt aroma and a bitter taste.

1. Blood in stool: take equal parts of cockscomb and white bark of Chinese toon root, grind into powder, and make into pills the size of walnut with refined honey. Take 30 pills each time, with yellow soup, twice a day. (Shengji Zonglu)

2. Leucorrhea in women: Dry white cockscomb and grind it into powder. Take three grams of it with wine on an empty stomach every morning. Red belt, use red. (Sun's "Collected Effective Prescriptions")

1. Compendium of Materia Medica: It can be used for hemorrhoids, fistula, dysentery, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, and red and white discharge.

"Bencao Congxin": Treats hemorrhoids and bleeding. Red and white diarrhea. Collapse. Red and white vaginal discharge.

This product has a spike inflorescence, which is mostly flat and thick, cockscomb-shaped, 8 to 25 cm long and 5 to 20 cm wide. The upper edge is wide and wrinkled, densely covered with linear scales, gradually narrowing at the lower end, and often with a flat stem remaining. The surface is red, purple or yellowish white. There are many small flowers densely distributed below the middle part, and the persistent bracts and tepals of each flower are membranous. The fruit lid is cracked, and the seeds are oblate, kidney-shaped, black and shiny. Lightweight and flexible. Slight odor, light taste.

Cockscomb (scientific name: Celosia cristata L.), Chinese alias: cockscomb flower, old red, reed cockscomb, pen cockscomb, small-headed cockscomb, phoenix tail cockscomb, big cock flower, chicken horn root, red cockscomb. It is an annual herb that blooms in summer and autumn. The flowers are mostly red and cockscomb-shaped, hence the name. Native to Africa, tropical America and India. It likes plenty of sunshine, humidity and heat, and cannot tolerate frost. It is not tolerant to barrenness and prefers loose, fertile and well-drained soil. Widely cultivated throughout the world, it is a common garden plant. It also has high medicinal value.