3 pots of flowers on the balcony, no need to spend money on medicine, everyone can grow them

3 pots of flowers, no medicine cost

It is said that the kitchen is a pharmacy, which emphasizes diet therapy. In fact, each of us has a place in our home that is an old Chinese medicine table, and that is the balcony.

The following three pots of flowers are of great ornamental value and are also easy to grow. Most importantly, they can be used as both food and medicine. If you plant them on your balcony, they are not only green food, but can also maintain your health! Look at it and you will feel good, eat it and you will be healthy!

Perilla

Maintenance tips for perilla

Perilla is an easy-to-grow herb with a fresh fragrance. It is not demanding on soil and has strong adaptability. It can be used as a seasoning for dishes and can also be used to treat diseases.

Perilla prefers warm and humid climate. The seeds can germinate when the temperature is above 5℃, and the suitable germination temperature is 18-23℃. It can withstand low temperatures of 1 to 2°C during the seedling stage.

The role of basil

In ancient times, perilla leaves were often made into tea and consumed for a long time. Suye tea can detoxify and strengthen the stomach. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, it was rated as the "best soup" by the Imperial Medical Academy.

It can moisten dryness, dispel cold and relieve wind, and help treat colds and dry coughs.

How to use basil

1. To detoxify all seafood, use perilla to season seafood meals, which not only increases the taste but also detoxifies the cold nature of seafood.

2. Perilla is often used to treat chronic gastritis, such as chest tightness, vomiting, and gastrointestinal discomfort. When used together with Patchouli, it can relieve chest tightness and regulate qi.

3. Boil perilla, tangerine peel and ginger together and drink it to dispel wind and cold, which is helpful for treating colds in air-conditioned rooms, chills and fever, and colds.

4. People in my country also use perilla as a natural preservative. Wrap perishable foods such as fish and meat with fresh perilla leaves and place them in a ventilated place indoors. They can be kept fresh for 4 to 5 days at room temperature.

Mint

Main points for the maintenance of mint

temperature

Mint has a strong ability to adapt to temperature. Its rhizomes can survive the winter and can withstand temperatures as low as -15℃. At 20℃-30℃, as long as the water and fertilizer are appropriate, the higher the temperature, the faster the growth.

illumination

Mint likes sunlight. Long daylight hours can promote mint flowering and are beneficial to the accumulation of mint oil and menthol.

soil

Mint is not very demanding on the soil. It can be planted in most soils except those that are too sandy, too sticky, have a high pH value, or are low-lying and poorly drained, with sandy loam and alluvial soil being preferred.

The role of mint

It is cool in nature and can enter the lung meridian. It has the effects of soothing the liver, clearing the head, and dispersing wind and heat.

The simplest way to eat mint is to eat it raw. Choose the newly sprouted tender shoots, wash them, and pair them with a dish of dipping sauce made of salt, MSG, chili and boiling water. It has a crisp taste, fragrant and refreshing, which will whet your appetite.

How to use mint

1. Used together with Pueraria root, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, cicada shell and Rehmannia glutinosa (such as Tou Zheng Tang), it can dispel wind and relieve rashes, and help treat symptoms such as wind generated by blood heat, rashes and itching.

2. Used together with Angelica sinensis, Bupleurum chinense and White Peony Root (such as Xiaoyao Powder), it can soothe the liver and relieve depression, and help treat symptoms such as irritability, liver qi stagnation, etc.

3. Used together with chrysanthemum, schizonepeta and burdock, it can dispel wind and heat, and help treat the early stages of fever, wind-heat colds, sore throat, headaches and other symptoms.

4. Add mint leaves to cold dishes to make them taste rich, fresh and refreshing. Mint can also replace some spices that are not available at the moment. When eating tofu pudding, if there is no alfalfa oil in the seasoning, adding chopped mint can have the same effect.

honeysuckle

Maintenance points of honeysuckle

Honeysuckle, also known as honeysuckle, blooms in March. It is resistant to drought, waterlogging, and cold, and it likes the sun and tolerates the shade. It has low requirements for soil and has strong adaptability. However, it is best grown in fertile, moist, deep sandy soil.

Effects of Honeysuckle

It has a fragrant smell and is sweet and cold in nature. It has good heat-clearing and detoxifying, anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antiviral effects. It has a good therapeutic effect on wind-heat exogenous infection, sore throat, acne, sore throat, urticaria, measles and other febrile diseases.

How to use honeysuckle

1. Swollen and painful sores: 15g honeysuckle, 10g raw earth, 15g forsythia, boil in water and drink.

2. Urethritis: 15g honeysuckle, 15g Imperata root, 20g talc, boil in water to clear away heat and promote diuresis.

3. Sore throat due to wind-heat: Soak 10g honeysuckle and 10g chrysanthemum in boiling water and drink it to clear away heat and detoxify.

Three pots of flowers on the balcony, no need to spend money on medicine! It is easy to grow and maintain, and has powerful health-protecting effects. What are you waiting for? Let’s start with a pot of basil and mint, and then plant the honeysuckle in March next year! Look at it and you will feel good, eat it and you will be healthy!