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杭白菊Chrysanthemum

杭白菊Chrysanthemum

White chrysanthemum is a perennial herb, 50 to 140 cm tall, densely covered with white hairs. The stem base is slightly woody, purplish-red, and the young branches are slightly ridged. The leaves are alternate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 3.5 to 5 cm long and 3 to 4 cm wide.
桂花Osmanthus fragrans

桂花Osmanthus fragrans

This evergreen shrub or small tree can reach 7 meters in height, with grayish-white bark. Its leaves are opposite, leathery, elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, 3–8 cm long, pointed or acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, entire or sharply serrulate at the margin, with 6–8 pairs of veins protruding downwards. The petioles are short. Flowers are clustered in the leaf axils, dioecious, with thin, weak pedicels. The calyx is four-lobed, with toothed lobes. The corolla is four-lobed, splitting at the base, with oblong, white or yellow, fragrant lobes. Male flowers have two stamens enclosed within the corolla; female flowers have one pistil, a cylindrical style with a capitate stigma, and a two-loculed ovary. The drupe is oblong and contains a single seed. Flowering occurs from September to October.
玫瑰花 Rose

玫瑰花 Rose

The dried flowers are slightly hemispherical or irregularly shaped, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter. The petals are densely packed, short, and round, with a vibrant purple-red color. A yellow stamen lies in the center, and a green calyx, split into five lobes at the tip, is located below. A swollen, spherical receptacle is located at the bottom. The texture is light and brittle. The aroma is rich and slightly bitter. Preferred flowers are large, thick, bright purple, and have a strong aroma.
玫瑰花Rose

玫瑰花Rose

The dried flowers are slightly hemispherical or irregularly shaped, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter. The petals are densely packed, short, and round, with a vibrant purple-red color. A yellow stamen lies in the center, and a green calyx, split into five lobes at the tip, is located below. A swollen, spherical receptacle is located at the bottom. The texture is light and brittle. The aroma is rich and slightly bitter. Preferred flowers are large, thick, bright purple, and have a strong aroma.
玫瑰茄Roselle

玫瑰茄Roselle

This plant is slightly conical or irregular in shape, 2.5 to 4 cm long and approximately 2 cm in diameter. The calyx is purple-red to purple-black, with five lanceolate lobes. Below, a small bract is visible, fused to the calyx and approximately ten lanceolate. The base of the bract is hollow, left by the removal of the fruit. The corolla is yellowish-brown with linear striations on the outer surface and yellowish-brown at the base of the inner surface, occasionally showing sparse, coarse hairs. It is light and brittle. It has a faint fragrance and a sour taste.
綠梅花 Green plum blossoms

綠梅花 Green plum blossoms

The dried buds are spherical, 4-8 mm in diameter. They have three to four layers of brown, scaly bracts. Within the bracts are five sepals, pale yellowish-brown with a slight green tinge, oval, and arranged in a shingle-like pattern. The petals are five or more, white or yellowish-white. They are light in texture, fragrant, and have a light, astringent flavor. Preferred are those with clean, intact, unopened buds, green sepals, and white petals, and a delicate fragrance.
薄荷Mint

薄荷Mint

This herb is the dried aerial parts of the mint plant, Mentha spp., of the Lamiaceae family. It is used for wind-heat colds, the initial onset of wind-heat, headaches, red eyes, sore throat, mouth ulcers, rubella, measles, and chest and flank distension.
貢菊Gong Ju

貢菊Gong Ju

Chrysanthemum has long been hailed as a flower of longevity and anti-aging, containing anti-aging ingredients and those that promote the breakdown and excretion of cholesterol. Its beauty benefits include promoting blood circulation, moisturizing the skin, clearing the mind, and improving complexion. Chrysanthemum can also enhance physical fitness and prolong life.
金盞花Marigold

金盞花Marigold

Calendula is native to the Mediterranean coast. Its orange flowers, as bright as golden sunlight, are one of Europe's favorite herbs and were once revered as sacred. Calendula is commonly consumed as a single herb in Europe, and this practice is very popular in Western countries. Calendula is also used in the West to treat illnesses, using its natural ingredients to combat plague and the Black Death.The Yunnan Traditional Chinese Medicine book records that calendula has the benefits of "clearing heat, detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation."
金銀花honeysuckle

金銀花honeysuckle

Honeysuckle is sweet and cold in nature, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It is mainly used to clear away heat and detoxify, reduce inflammation and swelling, and can treat exogenous wind-heat, fever due to warm diseases, heatstroke, bloody diarrhea due to heat toxins, edema, carbuncle, throat paralysis, and many infectious diseases.