6 kinds of medicinal and edible plants suitable for home cultivation

Nowadays, many people have transformed their balconies into beautiful gardens. Some people grow flowers, some grow vegetables, and some grow herbs. There are many people who grow herbal medicine at present. So what are the relatively simple Chinese medicines that can be used as both medicine and food that are suitable for planting on the family balcony, and how should we use these Chinese medicines in daily life?

Mint:

It tastes spicy, is cool in nature and is non-toxic. It has the effects of dispelling wind and heat, clearing the head and eyes, relieving throat, and relieving depression.

Directions:

1. Add a few fresh mint leaves, boil them in boiling water, add a small amount of white sugar, and let them cool naturally. Drink 3 to 5 cups a day. You will feel relaxed all over, relieve dry and itchy throat, and have the effect of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis.

2. When you feel dizzy, you can pick two mint leaves and stick them on your temples. It can relieve symptoms and refresh your mind.

3. Adding some mint when grilling fish can remove the fishy smell, enhance the flavor, and increase the delicious taste of the fish.

● Perilla:

It tastes spicy and is warm in nature. It has the effects of dispelling cold, promoting qi and harmonizing the stomach.

Directions:

1. If you get wet in the rain when going out, you can boil perilla in water (you can also add a few slices of ginger) and drink it to prevent colds.

2. Adding perilla when frying fish or boiling crabs can detoxify the fish and crabs and make the taste smooth and sweet.

3. Put 3 to 5 fresh perilla leaves into a cup, brew with boiling water, add a little sugar and drink it. It can strengthen the stomach and relieve heat. Drinking it in the hot summer can enhance appetite, aid digestion, prevent colds, and reduce chest and abdominal distension.

● Houttuynia cordata:

It tastes spicy and is cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, and is a diuretic.

Directions:

1. Serve with Houttuynia cordata. Wash the Houttuynia cordata with clean water, blanch it with boiling water, put it in a bowl, then add salt, vinegar, soy sauce, pepper powder, chili oil, sugar, etc., mix well and it is ready to eat.

2. When you first catch a cold and your throat feels dry, you can make tea with Houttuynia cordata, which has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

3. If you have a cough after a cold, you can make tea with Houttuynia cordata, which can eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.

Gardenia:

It is cold in nature and bitter in taste, and has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and purging fire.

Directions:

1. Purify the air. Place a few gardenias on your computer desk or in your bedroom to create a pleasant fragrance.

2. Take an appropriate amount of fresh gardenia flowers, put them into the pot and blanch them with boiling water for later use. You can stir-fry them with meat slices or make soup. It has the effect of reducing heat and cooling blood.

3. For those with hoarseness, use 5 to 7 gardenia flowers, brew them with boiling water, and drink them instead of tea, which can clear the lungs and cool the blood.

● Honeysuckle:

It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, relieving throat, and relieving heat and restlessness.

Directions:

1. In summer, drinking honeysuckle tea can relieve symptoms such as colds and sore throats; or drinking tea with wolfberry or chrysanthemum can nourish the liver and improve eyesight.

2. Take 15 grams of honeysuckle and 3 grams of raw licorice, decoct them in water and gargle with it at any time. It can relieve the symptoms of pharyngitis and oral ulcers.

Jasmine:

It is pungent, sweet, and warm in nature. It has the effects of regulating qi and relieving pain, warming the middle and harmonizing the stomach.

Directions:

1. Jasmine Tremella Soup: 25 grams of Tremella and more than 20 jasmine flowers. After the white fungus is cooked, sprinkle with jasmine flowers. This soup has a mellow aroma and has the effects of soothing the liver and relieving depression, nourishing yin and reducing fire.

2. Jasmine porridge: 60 grams of fresh jasmine flowers and 50 grams of polished rice. Jasmine flowers are clean and ready to be cooked. When the rice is almost cooked, add jasmine flowers and eat it when it is cooked. It has the functions of soothing the liver and regulating qi, strengthening the spleen and transporting dampness, resolving turbidity and relieving heat.

3. Jasmine tea: You can add roses and boil water to brew it. Drinking it can soothe the liver and regulate qi, and nourish the skin.

The above flowers and plants are available on Taobao or flower and bird markets. In addition, citizens who are interested in growing Chinese herbal medicines should learn more about Chinese herbal medicine knowledge, use the Chinese herbal medicines they grow themselves for health care, and choose to eat according to their own physical constitution to ensure its effectiveness and safety.