Paulownia flower refers to the flower of paulownia tree, referred to as paulownia flower for short. Harvesting, drying or fresh use in bloom in spring. Bitter taste and cold nature. Has that effect of clearing away lung-heat, relieve sore throat, removing toxic materials and relieving swelling. Indications: cough due to lung heat, acute tonsillitis, bacillary dysentery, acute enteritis, acute conjunctivitis, parotitis, furuncle, tinea, etc.

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food therapy

Fried celery in Tonghua

Take an appropriate amount of fresh tung flowers, lean meat 100g, celery, ginger and onion 300g. First, put tung flowers in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, then take them out and cut them into small pieces; Cut celery into small pieces; Slice the pork. Put an appropriate amount of cooking oil into the pot, first add the lean slices and fry them until cooked, then add celery and tung flowers, and add seasonings such as ginger, onion and salt. Regular consumption has the effect of clearing away lung heat and relieving sore throat, and can be used to treat cough, dry expectoration, pharyngolaryngitis, sore throat, acute tonsillitis and mumps caused by lung fire.

deep-fry

Wash and dry tung flowers, mix in proper amount of flour and eggs, make paste, fry in oil pan until cooked, and take out. In addition, Tung Hua is boiled in water, dried in the sun, cut into pieces, mixed with minced meat, made into buns, and steamed into buns for eating, which has a unique flavor.

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officinal

Oral administration: decocted, with a dosage of 10 ~ 25g each time. External use: appropriate amount of fresh products, mashed and externally applied; Make into topical ointment.

Treat beriberi

Put the collected tung flowers in the shade to dry. Take a handful of dried tung flowers and a little alum, put them in a casserole, and add a proper amount of water; Put the casserole on the fire and let the water boil for 2 minutes. When the water temperature is not hot, soak your feet with this water.

Treat parotitis (mumps)

Take 25 grams of tung flower, decoct it in water, and add some sugar for later use.

Treat acne

Puberty, the face is easy to grow "acne", which can be treated with tung flowers. When the paulownia trees bloom in spring, pick a handful of fresh paulownia flowers; Wash your face with warm water before going to bed at night, take a few tung flowers, rub them with your hands until the water comes out, rub them repeatedly in the affected area until the tung flowers are dry, and then go to bed; The next morning, wash your face Stick to the same method for a week, and the "acne" will naturally disappear.

Authors: Gao Songshou, chief physician of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology.

Revision: Xie Tao

Issued by: Wan