The role of cockscomb

Ornamental effect

Cockscomb is named after its inflorescence which resembles a cockscomb. It enjoys the reputation of "bird among flowers" and is one of the famous outdoor herbaceous flowers in gardens.

There are many varieties of cockscomb, and the plants come in three types: tall, medium, and short. There are also many shapes, such as cockscomb, torch, pompom, feather, fan, etc.

In terms of color, cockscomb has a wide range of colors, including bright red, orange-yellow, dark red, purple, white, and red and yellow mixed colors; the leaf colors include dark red, emerald green, yellow-green, red-green, etc., which are extremely beautiful, making it a commonly used flower in flower beds in summer and autumn.

Decorative effect

Cockscomb can also be used as a good cut flower material, and the cut flowers can last for more than 10 days in a vase. It can also be made into dried flowers, which will last for a long time without withering.

Purification

Cockscomb can also purify the air and has good resistance to sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride, and can play multiple roles in greening, beautifying and purifying the environment.

Cockscomb is suitable as a greening plant in factories and can be regarded as a popular ornamental flower that is resistant to environmental pollution.

Drug effects

Cockscomb is sweet and cool in nature.

The flowers contain protein, fat, folic acid, pantothenic acid, vitamins B1, B2, B4, B12, C, D, E, K and other vitamins, as well as kaempferol, amaranth, pinitol, pinitol, potassium nitrate, 21 kinds of amino acids, 13 kinds of trace elements and more than 51 kinds of natural and enzyme coenzymes, and have high medicinal value.

The protein content in cockscomb seeds is as high as 73%, which can make up for the deficiency of grain content. Cockscomb seeds have the function of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. They are mainly used to treat intestinal wind, bloody stool, red blood, dysentery, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, and stranguria.

Cockscomb seedlings can also be used as medicine, and can be used to treat hemorrhoids, dysentery, hematemesis, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, urticaria and other diseases.