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Fragrant plants, the magical "plant doctor"

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Pepper is now a very common crop in Hainan, and its price is not too high. In ancient times, it was once worthwhile. That's because ancient Europeans didn't have the technology of refrigerating and preserving meat, and pepper was able to enhance the aroma of meat and mask the smell of rancidity, so it was very popular, and Europeans bought pepper from the east at high prices. In 1976, the Queen of England visited the United States and solemnly accepted 279 peppers in the New York Cathedral, symbolizing that the United States had repaid the rent owed to Britain for 279 years. The value of pepper was evident. There are even many wars in Europe that are caused by pepper. In 1511, Portugal took the lead from Indonesia to return to Europe with precious spices such as pepper. Spain then fought with Portugal and eventually merged with Portugal. In the major events such as the Crusades and the discovery of the Americas, there was also a spicy taste of pepper.

The magical story of pepper is not a special case in aromatic plants. After hundreds of millions of years of evolution, the magical nature has created countless magical plants, and the most amazing plant population is the aromatic plants. In order to satisfy people's curiosity about aromatic plants, let us follow our brushstrokes and get to know how aromatic plants that live on this earth can exert their magical effects.

Skin care beauty

Empress Wu Zetian is stationed in Yan You, an important reason why she has been able to maintain her beauty and beauty is to be good at using aromatic plants to maintain herself.

The "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains a famous beauty secret recipe "Mother Mother Grass Face", which was invented by Wu Zetian. Motherwort is a gynecological medicine that can be taken either internally or externally to treat dark complexion and remove facial spots and wrinkles. The specific method of “Mother Mother Maize Noodle” is to collect the motherwort roots and seeds on May 5th of the lunar calendar every year. The grass can't bring a little soil; dry it, crush it, then pass the fine roe, add the right amount of flour and water, and mix it into eggs. The size of the medicine, dried. It is ignited and fired in a yellow clay oven. The finest pills to be refined should be white and fine. After the pill is prepared, it should be cooled and placed in a porcelain crucible. Grind the powder with a jade hammer (or staghorn hammer), pass through the fine roe, and then re-study. Repeatedly, the finer the better, the jade powder or the antler powder can also be incorporated into the medicine. Inside, then put the medicine into a porcelain bottle and seal it.

Wang Wei, a famous medical expert in the Tang Dynasty, explained that this prescription said: When you use this medicine to wash your face, you will feel that your hands begin to become lubricated, and your face will have a luster. Later, you will gradually become bloody and ruddy; if you use it for a long time, you can make your face look brighter. .

Since ancient times, China has a history of using aromatic plants for beauty and skin, especially favored by the court. Wu Zetian's grandmother, Yang Guifei, adds aromatic plants to the fragrant bath every day, which not only makes her body have a long-lasting aroma, but also maintains the skin. During the Renaissance, there was a “Hungarian Queen Water” in the West, which was mainly composed of mint leaves, rosemary, mandarin orange water, rose petals and alcohol. The Queen of Hungary uses the fragrance every day, which makes it a secret to keeping youth and beauty.

“We can use aromatic plant beauty through incense, bathing, massage, etc.” Wang Jian, a professor at Hainan University, said that aromatic plants can also eliminate fatigue, promote blood circulation and relieve muscle soreness while moisturizing the skin. For example, ancient health treatments using aromatic plant roots, stems, leaves, and flowers; modern use of essential oils and related products such as essences, milk, creams, etc. can be achieved by aromatherapy, facial application, body mud, bathing, etc. The purpose of skin care beauty care.

Stable mood
Among all kinds of mental disorders, anxiety disorders are the most common and have been discovered in ancient Greece. At present, the treatment of anxiety disorders is mainly through drugs, such as tricyclic anti-anxiety drugs, fluoxetine and the like. However, the use of drugs to treat anxiety disorders in young people will bring a sense of drug dependence, and taking drugs for a long time will cause greater harm to the body and mind.
Professor Yao Lei of Shanghai Jiaotong University has conducted an experiment in which a compound aromatic plant essential oil prepared by them is used by volunteers of anxiety patients, and the effect is very obvious. In fact, aromatherapy is one of the most commonly used methods used in many countries to replace or assist medical treatment. Some plant essential oils, such as lemon balm, lavender, bergamot, neroli, etc., have been used to treat mental disorders such as anxiety disorders.
In fact, some people still have this experience: in the narcissus and the violets, the people who are violent and worried suddenly become relaxed and carefree. The long-term life in the smell of geranium can relax the bronchial smooth muscle. Asthma; apple aroma can reduce the systolic blood pressure and decrease the diastolic blood pressure in patients with hypertension; pepper aroma can be used to reduce the anxiety and depression of patients during magnetic resonance imaging.
Some people in foreign countries have set up a "scented hospital" to use the scent to regulate the psychological and physiological functions of people, and to change the mental state of people, so as to achieve the role of treating diseases and preventing health care. The Fragrance Hospital has made breakthroughs in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, bronchitis, asthma, neurasthenia, and insomnia.
“What’s even more amazing is that walking around the aromatic park can lower blood pressure and help sleep.” Wang Jian said that in recent years, aromatherapy has been further extended to environmental applications. Shanghai Minhang Sports Park has built the first health-care aromatic botanical garden, according to the fragrance. The plant species and their health effects are divided into two functional areas: “help sleep” and “lower blood pressure”.
Antibacterial insecticide
Summer is coming, mosquitoes are proliferating, not only affecting the rest of human beings, but even poultry and livestock are hard to escape.
In 2015, an interesting experiment was conducted at the Jinhua Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Zhejiang Province, which used natural aromatic plants to improve the environment of the farm. They use natural aromatic plants to green the farm and improve the external environment and internal microclimate of the pig house. As a result, after the cultivation of aromatic plants such as Houttuynia cordata, the toxic gas in the pig house was significantly reduced; after the mosquito repellent herb was planted, the number and weight of the sows produced by the sows were significantly increased.
Since ancient times, the antibacterial and insecticidal properties of aromatic plants have been well known to the world. Europeans use spices such as cardamom and cloves in the pickling of meat. Since ancient times, China has used calamus and Ai Ye in the quarantine and refuge, and every time it is used, it uses spices to smother it, thus effectively killing pests and reducing diseases. In the early 1960s, when the French government conducted a census of tuberculosis, it was found that none of the female workers in the Coly perfume factory suffered from lung disease. After research, aromatic oils have certain resistance to Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli and fungi.
Aromatic plants not only antibacterial and insecticide, but even eliminate agricultural pests.
Myzus persicae is an important agricultural pest, affecting more than 350 species of field and greenhouse crops, and can spread more than 100 plant viruses. People are struggling to find efficient repellents to control the landing of winged crickets into crop fields. To this end, the College of Plant Protection of Henan Agricultural University conducted an experiment to remove aphids using three kinds of aromatic plants, namely, Shannai, Qibai and Guangshen. The results showed that the repellent rates of the three aromatic plants to the winged peach aphid were 62.04%, 56.79% and 40.75%, respectively, which was significantly higher than the special aphid repellent active compound methyl salicylate.
Aromatherapy in ancient and modern China and abroad
Smell the aromatic plants, can reduce the pain of pregnant women giving birth? This is a scientifically proven truth.
British researcher Burns surveyed 8058 women who used aromatherapy to assist in childbirth between 1990 and 1998 and found that more than half of women thought that aromatherapy was very helpful for their delivery. A study by 260 pregnant women by Huang Xuequn, a researcher at Guangdong Medical College, also showed that aromatherapy can effectively alleviate the pain level of primiparous pregnant women in the production process, and the natural delivery rate is significantly improved.
Aromatherapy is known as the "art of ancient civilization." As early as 5,000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians began to use sesame oil balm. During the excavation of the pyramid, archaeologists discovered utensils for pressing or distilling plants, as well as many records about cosmetics, massage creams and medicines. At the beginning of the 20th century, the French chemistry professor Guy Tversey first discovered that the essential oil of the lentil was able to heal, and in 1920 wrote the world's first "aromatherapy" monograph.
China is one of the first countries in the world to use aromatherapy. Since ancient times, Chinese medicine has the theory of "fragrance openness". It believes that aromatic substances can ridicule, open up and refresh the mind, dredge the meridians, adjust the blood and blood, reconcile the yin and yang, and promote the coordination of the body inside and outside, to achieve the effect of disease prevention and treatment.
In the pre-Qin literature, "Shan Hai Jing" records that Yan Yicao "Pei Zhi can be sick." "Compendium of Materia Medica" records 35 kinds of "fragrant wood" and 56 kinds of "fragrant grass"; in addition, it also introduces aromatherapy such as coating method, rubbing method, dressing method, puffing method, blowing method, sputum method, bath method, etc. Medicine method. In the Qing Dynasty, Cao Xueqin’s "Dream of Red Mansions" also has the application of aromatherapy: such as "cold fragrant pills", edible rose cleansing, wood rhinoceros clearing and so on.
Modern, people have used a variety of aromatic drugs to prevent diseases. For example, the hygienic fragrance of Beijing has the effect of preventing colds and refreshing the mind; Anhui's fitness bath has a good effect on the treatment of chronic eczema, pruritus, folliculitis and other skin diseases.
Source: Hainan Daily

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