Come on, look at the Dragon Boat Festival plants you don't know

June 6, Jiangsu, China is another year when Zongye fragrance, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, is our traditional Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, heavy five As a plant research base, Zhongshan Botanical Garden in Nanjing also contains a group of "Dragon Boat Festival plants" Let's get closer to these plants Grinding powder can beautify the skin The root of Angelica dahurica is long conical, the surface is gray brown or yellow brown, the head of the root is blunt, square or round, with longitudinal wrinkles, branch root marks and lenticel like transverse protrusions, commonly known as "pimple Ding", which has the effect of dispersing wind and removing dampness, relieving pain through orifices, detumescence and pus Dr Li Mei introduced that dahurian angelica also has the beauty effect Select dahurian angelica which is large and pure in color without mildew trace, take its root, grind it into a very fine powder, mix it into a small bottle of ordinary skin care products, mix it well and evenly, adhere to the use, and have a certain whitening effect Dragon Boat Festival has "Dragon Boat Festival flower" -- a tree of hollyhock, with large leaves, numerous flowers and bright colors, which is blooming like a splendid brocade, dotted on rockeries, flower beds and lawns It is more than 2 meters high, with purple, red, white and yellow staggered distribution, which is worthy of the legendary "one hundred red" The flowering period of hollyhock is more than 3 months From early summer to the end of summer, it is also known as "Dragon Boat Festival flower" because it starts around the Dragon Boat Festival Hollyhock can be said to be treasure all over Its roots, stems, flowers, leaves and seeds are all medicinal materials It can clear away heat and detoxify Its flowers can extract anthocyanin, and can also be used as a colorant for food The green calamus in the water is dignified and beautiful, with the fragrance of silk after a gust of wind The plant type is natural and elegant, which is also called "water sword" It is also called "four elegant flowers and plants" together with orchid, chrysanthemum and Narcissus In our traditional culture, this is the spirit grass of epidemic prevention and exorcism During the Dragon Boat Festival, hanging Acorus calamus and argyi leaves on the doors and windows, drinking Acorus wine to ward off evil diseases; burning Acorus calamus on the night of summer and autumn can drive away mosquitoes and insects Acorus calamus, which is listed as the "top grade" medicine, is pungent and lukewarm in nature, and has the effect of resolving phlegm, opening the orifices, and removing dampness Fragrant and green, the rare leaves of zongzi -- the broad-leaved Indocalamus leaves Some of them have dried up If you don't look carefully, you don't know that they are broad-leaved Indocalamus Dr Li Mei of the botanical garden introduced to us that the broad-leaved Indocalamus is distributed in East China, central China and Hanjiang River Basin in southern Shaanxi It is dense, green and elegant, suitable for planting on the edge of forests and waterfront, and can be used as a hedge or ground cover The pole should be used as a penholder or chopsticks Those with large leaves can be used as rain proof tools such as hats and canopies, and also as zongzi Generally, the leaves of zongzi sold in Nanjing market are mostly reed leaves, but also some Indocalamus leaves, which are common in Zhejiang Province The famous wufangzhai zongzi selects Indocalamus leaves as zongzi leaves with light fragrance.