| [English Name] | Sweet Osmanthus Flower | |
| [Chinese Name] | 桂花 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Guihua | |
| [Latin Name] | Flos Osmanthi Fragrantis | |
| [Genera] | Oleaceae | |
| [Efficacy] | wenliyao | |
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| [Source] | Osmanthus fragrans Lour | |
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| [Ecology] | It prefers warm and moist climate,resistants to high temperature but doesn’t resistant to cold,is subtropical tree species. Sweet Osmanthus Flower is luxuriant and evergreen,long tree age, flowering in Autumn, sweet perfumes diffused all around,is ornamental woody plants and aromatic tree of our country special product. The areas of Sweet Osmanthus Flower’s concentrated distribution and cultivation,is from North of Lingnan to Qingling、broad masses tropics in the South of huaihe river and North subtropical areas, roughly equivalent to North latitude 24 ° ~ 33 °. This area water hot condition is good, precipitation is appropriate.The soil mostly is yellow brown or yellow tan soil, the vegetation primarily is subtropical forest type. Under the gestation and influence of above-mentioned conditions, Sweet Osmanthus Flower grows well,and forms several big national famous Sweet Osmanthus Flower production base,like Xianning in Hubei province、Taoyuan in Hunan province、Suzhou in Jiangsu province、Guilin in Guangxi province、Shangcheng county in Xinyang in Henan province、Hangzhou in Zhejiang province and Chengdu in Sichuan province.The city flower of Hangzhou is just Sweet Osmanthus Flower. Sweet Osmanthus Flower hasn’t strict damand of soil,can grows in all kind of soil,except for alkaline soil and low land or too sticky heavy soil with poor drainage,but the loose fertile subacid sandy loam with thick soil layer and good drainage is optimum. | |
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1. Trauma 2. Halitosis 3. Toothache 4. Pain caused by cold in stomach 5. Abdominal pain due to cold in stomach 6. Abdominal pain caused by amenorrhea |
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