What are the medicinal values ​​of jasmine?

The so-called forsythia is a kind of yellow flower that blooms in spring and is very ornamental. Its smell will instantly bring people to the feeling of spring. Many people know that Forsythia is an ornamental plant, but they don’t know that Forsythia actually has high medicinal value. So what are the specific medicinal values ​​of Forsythia? Here I will introduce to you some common ways to use forsythia.

"Forsythia" has medicinal effects. In early spring, the forsythia blooms, with slender branches swaying in the wind. The flowers are golden and brilliant, with a subtle fragrance. Bai Juyi, a great Tang Dynasty poet, wrote in a poem: Golden petals and green calyx bring the chill of spring, how many kinds of yellow flowers are there? Please tell the tourists not to look at it with your eyes as if it were just a creeping blue flower. Forsythia is the flower of the deciduous shrub Forsythia of the Oleaceae family. It blooms from February to April. It is harvested during the flowering period and dried for use. Its leaves can also be used as medicine.

Its flowers can relieve fever, induce sweating and act as a diuretic, and are mainly used to treat fever, headache, and hot and painful urination; its leaves can promote blood circulation, detoxify, reduce swelling and relieve pain, and are mainly used to treat swelling, ulcers, bruises, and traumatic bleeding.

The proven recipes include: For treating wind-heat cold, fever and headache: 15 grams of Forsythia suspensa, decocted in water and taken orally. To treat hot and painful urination: Take 15 grams each of Forsythia suspensa and Plantain, decocted in water and taken orally. To treat irregular menstruation: 30 grams of Forsythia root and 15 grams of Rhizoma Cynanchum root, stew with pork and drink. For treating carbuncle, malignant ulcer and unknown swelling: dry the winter jasmine flowers in the shade and grind them into powder, take 6-9 grams with wine; or decoct 30 grams of winter jasmine flowers or leaves in water; or mash the tender tips and leaves and apply to the affected area. To treat ecthyma: take appropriate amount of forsythia, grind it into fine powder, mix with sesame oil and apply to the affected area. For treating bruises and bleeding from knife wounds: take appropriate amount of Forsythia suspensa, mash it and apply it to the affected area, or use 15g of Forsythia suspensa leaves, decoct them in water and drink. To treat vaginal trichomoniasis: Take appropriate amounts of Forsythia suspensa leaves and Sophora flavescens, decoct them in water and use them to rinse the vagina.

The above are some of the medicinal values ​​of Forsythia. You can learn more about them in your daily life. In fact, you can also dry the forsythia flowers and use them to make tea. The scented tea made in this way can be added with lemon slices to make a cup of thirst-quenching and heat-removing herbal tea, making the drinker feel more refreshed.