Rhododendron azalea is a common rhododendron, which is named after it blooms all over the mountains. It is distributed in the mountainous areas above 500 meters above sea level such as Xijiang, Fenghuang Mountain, Zhuangkou and Lanshan in Huichang County, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province.
Rhododendron? Planck ): Also known as Yingshanhong and Shan Shiliu, they are evergreen or ordinary green shrubs. According to legend, there was a cuckoo in ancient times, which crowed day and night, hemoptysis, and dyed flowers all over the mountain, hence the name. Rhododendrons usually bloom in spring, with 2-6 flowers in each cluster. Corolla is funnel-shaped, with red, pink, apricot, snow blue, white and so on. , gorgeous colors. Born under sparse thickets or pine forests in mountainous areas at an altitude of 500-1200 (-2,500) meters, it is a typical indicator plant of acidic soil in south-central and southwest China.
This whole plant is used as medicine: it can promote qi and blood circulation, tonify deficiency, treat cough due to internal injury, deafness due to kidney deficiency, irregular menstruation and rheumatism. Because the corolla is bright red, it is a famous flower plant with high ornamental value and is cultivated in parks all over the world. Rhododendron is the provincial flower in Jiangxi, Anhui and Guizhou, and as many as seven or eight cities such as Changsha, Wuxi, Jiujiang, Zhenjiang, Dali, Jiaxing and Ganzhou have been designated as city flowers. 1985 In May, Rhododendron was rated as six of the top ten flowers in China.
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Root (Rhododendron root): sour, sweet and warm. Promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, expelling wind and relieving pain. Used for hematemesis, epistaxis, menoxenia, metrorrhagia, rheumatalgia, and traumatic injury. Leaves (Rhododendron leaves): sour, flat. Clearing away heat and toxic materials and stopping bleeding. Used for carbuncle, swelling, furuncle, traumatic hemorrhage and addiction rash. Flowers (azaleas): sour, sweet and warm. Promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation, expelling wind and removing dampness. Used for irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, traumatic injury, rheumatalgia, hematemesis and epistaxis.
The medicine is bad and dumb: flowers and fruits treat irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, traumatic injury, rheumatalgia, hematemesis and epistaxis; Root therapy for rheumatoid arthritis, traumatic injury, metrorrhagia, intestinal wind bleeding and amenorrhea.
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Some flowers can be used as medicine or extracted from aromatic oil, some flowers can be eaten, bark and leaves can be used as baking glue, and wood can be used as handicrafts. Rhododendron alpine has developed roots and is a good plant for soil and water conservation.