What is the function of azalea flowers

Rhododendron is known as the "king of flowers" and is widely used in all aspects of life. Rhododendron tastes pungent and bitter, but it can relieve cough and phlegm, warm the lungs and promote diuresis. Therefore, for people with colds or abnormal respiratory symptoms, using rhododendron is very effective. For people who don't know much about rhododendron, it is necessary to understand what specific functions rhododendron has.

Rhododendron is also known as azalea, mountain pomegranate, mountain azalea, red azalea, and mountain red. It is mainly distributed in Guizhou (Qianxi), Macheng, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and other places in my country. There are many varieties of azalea, and because of its bright colors, it is a plant with high ornamental value.

Morphological characteristics of azalea

Tree

A deciduous shrub, 2 to 7 meters high; the branches are generally numerous and slender, but there are also rare and strong branches. The National 5A-level Scenic Area "Bai Li Du Juan" preserves the most primitive and ancient rhododendron forest. The rhododendrons here have always been famous for their large and colorful flowers and big trees. As people pay more attention to this primitive rhododendron forest, several strong native rhododendron trees were discovered in 2010. This tree was discovered during a survey in 2010. It has a ground diameter of 92 centimeters, a total of ten branches, and is nearly 7 meters tall. The average diameter of each of the ten branches is nearly 20 centimeters, making it the king of Chinese azaleas. The leaves are leathery, often clustered at the ends of branches, ovate, elliptic-ovate or obovate or obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5-5 cm long, 0.5-3 cm wide, with short acuminate apex, cuneate or broad cuneate base, slightly curled margin, finely toothed, dark green above, sparsely strigose, pale white below, densely brown strigose, veins are pinnate reticulate, midrib sunken above, convex below; petiole 2-6 mm long, densely bright brown flat strigose. The flower buds are ovoid, with scales covered with rough hairs above the middle and eyelashes on the edges.

Flower Type

2-3(-6) flowers clustered at the top of branches; pedicel 8 mm long, densely covered with bright brown strigosus; calyx 5-parted, lobes triangular-long ovate, 5 mm long, covered with strigosus, with eyelashes on the edges; corolla broadly funnel-shaped, rose, bright red or dark red, 3.5-4 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, lobes 5, obovate, 2.5-3 cm long, upper lobes with dark red spots; stamens 10, about the same length as corolla, filaments linear, anthers dorsally attached, pore-dehiscent, pubescent below the middle; ovary ovoid, 10-chambered, densely covered with bright brown strigosus, style extending outside the corolla, glabrous. Capsule ovoid, up to 1 cm long, densely strigose; calyx persistent. The flowering period is April-May, and the fruiting period is June-August.

The efficacy and function of azalea

【Meridian】Liver; Spleen; Kidney

【Functions and indications】Regulates blood; regulates menstruation; relieves cough; eliminates rheumatism; relieves sore toxins. It is used to treat vomiting blood, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, irregular menstruation, cough, rheumatic pain, carbuncle, furuncle and ulcer.

Azalea root (Azalea root): sour, sweet and warm. Promote blood circulation, relieve pain, dispel wind and relieve pain. Used for hematemesis, epistaxis, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, rheumatic pain, and bruises.

Leaves (rhododendron leaves): sour, flat. Clears away heat, detoxifies, and stops bleeding. Used for carbuncles, furuncles, traumatic bleeding, and urticaria.

Flower (Azalea): sour, sweet, warm. Promote blood circulation, regulate menstruation, and eliminate rheumatism. Used for irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, metrorrhagia, bruises, rheumatic pain, hematemesis, and epistaxis.

[Wa medicine] Dailima: The flower and fruit are used to treat irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, traumatic injury, rheumatic pain, hematemesis, and epistaxis; the root is used to treat rheumatic arthritis, traumatic injury, metrorrhagia, intestinal bleeding, and amenorrhea (Yunnan Medicine Record).