How to boil kapok flowers to remove dampness?

Kapok is a very common flower in southern China. It is the flower of the kapok tree. The flower is very large and has a long flowering period, but it will grow densely within a few days after blooming. Kapok does not contain toxins. It is a flower with health-care effects. It can be used to make a variety of delicious nutritious products. It also has the effect of removing dampness. Let’s take a look at how to boil kapok flowers to remove dampness?

1. Kapok Three Flowers Drink

Ingredients: 15 grams of dried kapok petals, 10 grams of honeysuckle, and 10 grams of white chrysanthemum.

Preparation: Wash kapok petals, honeysuckle and white chrysanthemum; add water and boil, and can be used as tea.

Efficacy: Kapok, honeysuckle and white chrysanthemum all have the effect of clearing heat. Kapok clears heat and cools blood, honeysuckle clears heat and detoxifies, and white chrysanthemum clears the liver and improves eyesight. The combination of the three can further enhance the effects of clearing heat, cooling blood and stopping diarrhea. It is very humid on rainy days, so put a few kapok flowers in the porridge to dispel moisture and invigorate the spleen. For children with fever and loss of appetite, boil kapok flowers in water and add sugar to drink instead of tea. Kapok flowers can be used to treat coughing up blood, vomiting blood, metrorrhagia in women, sores and bleeding from wounds. Drinking it in the hot summer has the effect of relieving heat.

2. Kapok mushroom soup

Ingredients: 20 grams of fresh kapok petals, 30 grams of fresh oyster mushrooms, 30 grams of fresh mushrooms, 30 grams of fresh king oyster mushrooms, 30 grams of bamboo shoots, and appropriate amount of chicken soup.

Preparation: Wash and blanch the fresh kapok petals and set aside; cut the oyster mushrooms, button mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms and bamboo shoots into thin slices; pour the oyster mushrooms, button mushrooms, king oyster mushrooms, bamboo shoots and kapok flowers into the pot, add chicken broth and water to cook, and season with MSG and salt.

Efficacy: Kapok flowers have the effect of clearing away heat and cooling blood, bamboo shoots have the effect of removing stagnation and eliminating accumulation, and the polysaccharides in mushrooms such as oyster mushrooms, button mushrooms, and king oyster mushrooms have the function of regulating human immunity and anti-cancer. The combination of these is not only delicious, but also has enhanced efficacy.

3. Kapok and Tangerine Peel Porridge

Ingredients: 30 grams of fresh kapok flowers, 10 grams of tangerine peel, 100 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of honey.

Preparation: Wash the kapok flowers and tangerine peel, add water to boil the juice, remove the residue and set aside; wash the polished rice, add water and the kapok flowers and tangerine peel juice to cook porridge; when the porridge is almost done, add appropriate amount of honey and cook for a while.

Efficacy: Strengthens the spleen and removes dampness, cools blood and stops bleeding, moistens the lungs and relieves cough. Kapok flowers have the effects of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and stopping bleeding. Tangerine peel and honey can moisten the lungs and relieve coughs. Japonica rice can strengthen the spleen and benefit the stomach. The combination of the three can enhance the functions of strengthening the spleen, eliminating dampness, moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and is especially suitable for the elderly with qi deficiency.