Medicinal value of flowers and healthy azaleas

Rhododendron Rhododendron is a deciduous shrub, 1-2 meters high, with many branches, born in mountain shrubs; It blooms in April-June and bears fruit in May-July. Alias: Yingshanhong, Rhododendron Camptotheca; Classification: shrubs and flowers; Genus: angiosperms, dicotyledons, Rhododendron, Ericaceae, Rhododendron; Flowering: spring. The young branches of Rhododendron rhododendron are slender and have few scales. The leaves are thin, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-7 cm long and 1-3.5 cm wide, with sharp, sharp or obtuse tip, entire or crenate teeth, wedge-shaped or obtuse base, sparse scales at the top and brown scales at the bottom, with intervals of 2-4 times the diameter; Petiole is 3-5 mm long. Inflorescence axillary or pseudoterminal, 1-3 flowers, the first leaf is open and umbrella-shaped; Flower bud scales persist; Pedicel 5- 10 mm long, sparsely scaly; Calyx 0.5- 1 mm long, 5-lobed, scaly, hairless or sparsely setose; Corolla wide funnel-shaped, 2.3-2.8 cm long, 3-4 cm in diameter, reddish purple, pubescent outside, without scales; Stamens 10, unequal, slightly shorter than corolla, the lower part of filaments pubescent; Ovary 5-loculed, densely scaly, smooth style, longer than corolla. The capsule is rectangular, with a length of 1- 1.5cm, a diameter of 4-5mm and five petals at the top. Rhododendron Rhododendron is distributed in Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong and northern Jiangsu. Mongolia, Japan, North Korea and Russia are also distributed. The medicinal part is made of leaves. Pick leaves in autumn, dry them or use them fresh. Bitter taste, flat nature. Indications: relieving exterior syndrome, eliminating phlegm, relieving cough and asthma. Used for colds, headaches, coughs, asthma and bronchitis.