Is Camellia poisonous?

Is Camellia poisonous?

1. Is the plant poisonous?

As we said above, the answer is no. If you just keep it at home, there won't be any big problems, so you can rest assured.

2. As food

This is a natural food with good health benefits. It also contains many nutrients, "vitamins", "fats", various trace minerals and so on. Then, it is very suitable as an ingredient. It can be eaten directly and has a certain effect on constipation. Moreover, it can make the skin more radiant. Its flowers can also be used to extract honey, which is sweet and delicious. Then you can use vegetable oil, which can emit a fresh fragrance.

3. As a medicinal material

It has good medicinal value. Its characteristics include "bitter", "warm" and "non-toxic", which once again proves that it is non-toxic. Moreover, it has many functions. Generally speaking, it has the effects of "cooling blood", "stopping bleeding" and "dispersing blood stasis". It has certain effects on symptoms such as vomiting blood, bloody stools, burns and scalds. In addition to these, treatments for other diseases are also recorded in many ancient books. for example:

(1) The treatment for cough is recorded in the book "Good Prescriptions without Medicine". Mix it with safflower, white hyacinth, red dates, etc., boil it in water and drink it.

(2) It is recorded in the book “Saving the Bitter Sea” that the medicine should be ground into powder, added with sugar, stirred evenly and then steamed before consumption. In this way, dysentery can be treated.

(3) It is recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica that grinding it into powder and taking it with water can be used to treat hemorrhoidal bleeding.

(4) It is also recorded in the Compendium of Materia Medica that grinding it into powder, adding sesame oil, and applying it to the skin can relieve breast pain.

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