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What season is jasmine?

Jasmine is a flower from early summer to late autumn, and it will begin to bloom in early summer.

Jasmine, alias Jasmine, is an erect or climbing shrub of Oleaceae and Jasminum, with a height of 3 meters. Branchlets cylindrical or slightly compressed, sometimes hollow, sparsely pilose. The leaves are opposite, simple, papery, round, oval, ovoid or obovate, round or obtuse, and sometimes the base is slightly heart-shaped.

The top is slightly concave or concave, the bottom is convex, and there are often obvious veinlets on both sides, which are slightly convex, except for the tufts of hairs between the axils of the lower veins, the rest are hairless; Lobes oblong to suborbicular, apex rounded or obtuse. The fruit is spherical and purple-black. The flowering period is from May to August, and the fruiting period is from July to September. Jasmine is very fragrant, which is a famous raw material of scented tea and an important raw material of essence.

Extended data:

1, growth characteristics

Jasmine likes warm and humid, and grows best in a well-ventilated semi-cloudy environment. The most suitable soil is slightly acidic sandy soil containing a lot of humus.

Most varieties are afraid of cold, drought, frost, wet waterlogging and alkaline earth. When the temperature is below 3℃ in winter, branches and leaves are vulnerable to freezing damage, and will die after a long time. Deciduous lianas are very cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant.

2, the use of jasmine

Jasmine tea is sweet in taste and warm in nature, which not only has the functions of aromatic dampness, spleen and stomach, but also can clear liver and improve eyesight. Chrysanthemum enters the liver meridian, and also has the effects of calming the liver, clearing the liver and improving eyesight.

When jasmine tea is brewed with boiling water, add five or six white chrysanthemums, and you can also add several medlars with the same function of nourishing liver and kidney to enhance the effect of improving eyesight. Soak jasmine chrysanthemum tea in 10~ 15 minutes to drink.

3. Preventive measures

(1) Jasmine has the function of dredging menstruation, so it is best to avoid using it during pregnancy.

(2) Polyphenols of jasmine tea have a certain astringent effect on gastrointestinal mucosa, and constipation patients will aggravate constipation if they drink tea.

(3) People with iron deficiency anemia should not drink jasmine tea. Tannic acid in jasmine tea can make iron in food form a precipitate that is not absorbed by human body.

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