Osmanthus fragrans is one of the top ten traditional famous flowers in China. Can be used for greening and planting. It is an excellent garden tree species. Osmanthus fragrans is also a medicinal material. Eating osmanthus is helpful to human health.
Can osmanthus be eaten?
Osmanthus fragrans is edible. Osmanthus fragrans can relieve cough and phlegm, moisten the lungs and relieve symptoms of dry mouth and gastrointestinal discomfort. If drunk for a long time, it can relieve symptoms such as halitosis, urticaria and ulcer, and prevent stomach cold and stomachache.
Osmanthus fragrans can moisten the bowels, relieve flatulence and gastrointestinal discomfort, whiten the skin, and calm the nerves.
What are the edible methods of osmanthus fragrans?
1, make tea
Making tea with osmanthus is one of the common ways to eat. Take out the stored osmanthus fragrans and pour it into boiling water for brewing. Pay attention to the water temperature can not be too high, the highest can not exceed 85 degrees, otherwise it will reduce the efficacy.
After soaking, pour out the first water and drink it for the second time. Appropriate amount of honey can be added to make it more edible, attractive and delicious.
2. Osmanthus Jelly
Osmanthus Jelly is made of sweet-scented osmanthus, which is also a common way to eat in life. The specific method is to air-dry fresh osmanthus fragrans, add appropriate amount of sugar, and stir evenly, so that Osmanthus Jelly naturally forms.
3. Tangyuan
It can also be used as stuffing, added with appropriate amount of sugar, and then made into glutinous rice balls, which are also delicious and very popular.
The efficacy of eating osmanthus fragrans and the efficacy of taboo eating osmanthus fragrans.
Eating osmanthus can gradually excrete phlegm in the respiratory tract. Osmanthus fragrans can effectively relieve pain, detumescence, cough and phlegm. It also has the effects of removing oral odor and killing oral bacteria. Osmanthus fragrans can replenish vitality, tonify kidney, mediate endocrine, nourish stomach, detoxify and nourish skin.
Taboos for eating osmanthus
It is not suitable for diabetics to eat osmanthus, because the food made of osmanthus honey is too high in sugar content and is not suitable for diabetics. When taking osmanthus fragrans, we must be careful not to eat too much, otherwise there will be a series of adverse reactions, which will make it lose its original health care function.