The efficacy and function of hazelnut flower

The medicinal value of hazelnut flowers is beyond our imagination. It is very effective in treating some diseases. Hazelnut flowers contain many substances that are beneficial to the human body. Let’s take a look.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The male flowers of Corylus avellana, Corylus chuanxiong and Corylus hairyus of the Betulaceae family.

[Original form] 1. Shrub or small tree, 1-7m high. The bark is gray; the branches are dark gray and glabrous; the twigs are yellowish brown, densely pubescent and sparsely pubescent. The petiole is 1-2cm long; the leaf blade is round-ovate to broadly obovate, 4-13cm long and 2.5-10cm wide, with a concave or truncated tip, a triangular tip in the center, a cordate base, irregularly serrated edges, shallow teeth above the middle, almost glabrous above, and veinless and pubescent below, with 5-7 pairs of lateral veins. The male inflorescences are 2-7 arranged in racemes, about 4 cm long, with yellow anthers. Fruit solitary or in clusters of 2-6; fruit bract needle-shaped, with fine ridges, densely covered with short soft hairs and spiny glands on the outside, shallowly lobed at the top, with triangular lobes and almost entire margins; fruit peduncle about 1.5cm long, densely covered with short soft hairs. The nut is nearly spherical, 7-15mm long, slightly flattened, densely covered with fine hairs, and densely covered with coarse hairs at the tip. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: 1. Growing in thickets on shady slopes of mountains at an altitude of 200-1000m.

【Functions and indications】Hemostasis; swelling reduction; sore healing. Mainly traumatic bleeding; frostbite; sores and furunculosis

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply externally.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above description, we can know that the nutritional value and medicinal value of hazelnut flowers are very high. It can treat some diseases and can also be used as a raw material for diet therapy. It is indeed a good choice for health and wellness.