What are the side effects of osmanthus dew

Autumn is the season of osmanthus. The fragrance of osmanthus is refreshing and the aroma seems to sweep away all the worries of the day. Osmanthus has good ornamental value and can be seen everywhere in life. Osmanthus flowers can also be made into osmanthus dew, locking the fragrance of a season in this bottle of osmanthus dew. Osmanthus dew can completely retain the fragrance and color of osmanthus, and it is a perfect dipping sauce. Let’s learn about it together.

Osmanthus dew, a traditional Chinese medicine name. It is a liquid obtained by distilling the flowers of Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb.) Lour., a plant of the Oleaceae family. It is cultivated throughout the country. Native to southwestern my country. It has the effects of soothing the liver and regulating qi, invigorating the spleen and eliminating filth, improving eyesight and moistening the throat. Used for liver qi stagnation, chest and flank discomfort, swollen gums, toothache, dry throat, dry mouth, and bad breath.

Medicinal Part

Liquid obtained by distilling flowers.

Flavor

It tastes slightly spicy and bitter, and is warm in nature.

effect

Soothes the liver and regulates qi, invigorates the spleen and eliminates filth, improves eyesight and moistens the throat.

Indications

Used for liver qi stagnation, chest and flank discomfort, swollen gums, toothache, dry throat, dry mouth, and bad breath.

Dosage

For internal use: stew to warm, 30-60g.

Collection and processing

After the flowers are harvested, they are dried in the shade and distilled to obtain the liquid.

Morphological characteristics

Osmanthus fragrans is also known as: Osmanthus fragrans, rock osmanthus, and osmanthus. Evergreen tree or shrub, up to 18m tall. The bark is gray-brown. Branchlets yellow-brown, glabrous. Leaves are opposite, with petioles 0.8-1.2cm long; leaf blades are leathery, elliptical, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 7-14.5cm long, 2.6-4.5cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, gradually narrowed to cuneate or broad cuneate at the base, entire or usually serrulate in the upper half, with glandular dots connected on both sides to form small blister-like protrusions. The inflorescence is clustered in the leaf axils, or nearly broom-shaped, with multiple flowers in each axil; the bracts are 2, broadly ovate, thick, 2-4mm long, with small tips, and fused at the base; the pedicels are slender and weak; the flowers are very fragrant; the calyx is bell-shaped, 4-lobed, about 1mm long, and the lobes are slightly irregular; the corolla has 4 lobes, yellowish-white, light yellow, yellow or orange-red, 3-4mm long, and the corolla tube is only 0.5-1mm long; there are 2 stamens, inserted in the middle of the corolla tube, the filaments are very short, and the connective extends slightly from the tip of the anther to form an inconspicuous small tip; the pistil is about 1.5mm long, and the style is about 0.5mm long. The fruit is skew, oval, 1-1.5cm long, and purple-black. The flowering period is September-October, and the fruiting period is March of the following year.

Growth environment

It is cultivated throughout the country. Native to southwestern my country.

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