Osmanthi Fragrantis Flos Sweet Osmanthus Flower Osmanthus Fragrant Tea Gui Hua

Botanical Name:

Osmanthus Fagrans (Thunb.) Lour.

Latin Name:

Osmanthus Flos

Pinyin Name:

Gui Hua

Plant Part Used:

Flower

Quality Standard:

EU Organic &   NOP Organic Certified

Specification:

Whole

Harvesting and   Collection:

Collected in   September and October when they bloom.

Quality:

Common cultural   treasures include bay leaf, cinnabar laurel, hard leaf laurel, morning silver   laurel, hangzhou yellow, four seasons laurel, Buddha top bead, Japanese   fragrant laurel and so on.

Nature, Taste and   Meridian attribution:

Taste pungent ,   warm in nature. Attributive to lung, large intestine meridian

Functions:

Osmanthus ,pale yellow and   white, fragrant, aromatic oil extraction, osmanthus extract production, can   be used in food, cosmetics, pastries, sweets, and wine making. Osmanthus fragrans,   can be used as medicine. Use flowers, fruits and roots. Autumn flowers; Fruit   picking in spring; Pick roots in all seasons and dry them separately. Flower:   zinn, warm. Fruit: sweet, sweet, warm. Root: sweet, slightly astringent,   flat. Functional treatment: flowers: loose cold broken knot, phlegm to stop   cough. Used for toothache, cough, asthma, sputum, abdominal pain. Fruit: warm   stomach, smooth liver, loose cold. Used for deficiency and cold stomachache.   Root: dispels the wind wet, disperses the cold. Used for rheumatic arthritis   pain, low back pain, kidney deficiency toothache.

Usage and Dosage:

Internal service:   Fried soup, 0.5 ~ 1 yuan; Or make tea, dip in wine. For external use: gargle   the Fried water, or steam and heat it

Precaution:

 The constitution slants heat, the heat   inside should be careful.

Activating   ingredients:

Flowers contain   volatile oil of about 0.3%. The oil contains dozens of compounds, including   ocimene, pinene, ionone, linalool, hendecene and nerrol. Other contains qidun   fruit folate, ursolic acid, kumagol (uvaol), caosterol and so on.

Farm Information:

Being one of the   most beautiful places in China, Guilin is the largest growing area of Osmanthus   fragrans flowers. In Boherbs' local farm, Osmanthus flowers are dedicately   harvested and processed.

Collect the   freshest & most fragrant flowers in its appropriate time in Mid-Autumn →   Pick out dark- colored ones, only leaving freshest ones → Dry in low   temperature to the largest extent to keep the fragrance &sulfur-free.

Valued for its   delicate fruity-floral aroma, it has been widely-used in many industries   except of as herbs.

- In beverage: It   is used to enhance the natural fruitiness of some finest green and black   teas. The result is similar to fine jasmine tea but lighter and much   fruitier.

- In foods:   Osmanthus flowers can be added in desserts as they have a sweet and rich   buttery taste and can even be used as a natural sweetener. Sweet Osmanthus   Cakes (Gui Hua Gao in Chinese) are very famous desserts in China.

- In cosmetics:   It's a brilliant skin moisturizer used for making facial masks or lip balms.   And its fragrance makes it very popular natural ingredient for perfumes and   flavors.

Description:

1. Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb) Lour.) : also   known as Osmanthus fragrans (Thunb.), Osmanthus fragrans (Osmanthus fragrans)   are evergreen shrubs or small trees of the family luteaceae. Peanut leaves   and funnels, corolla and flaps, small shape, a variety of horticultural   species, the most representative of gold, silver, red, laurel, laurel.

2. Osmanthus is one of the ten most famous   traditional Chinese flowers, which is an excellent garden tree species that   integrates afforestation, beautification and fragrance. Especially in the   middle of autumn season, when the cluster laurel is in full bloom and the   night is still round, wine appreciation laurel, Chen xiang tangxiang, people   are refreshing.

3. In the ancient Chinese flower poems, the   number of laurel poems is also considerable. It has been loved by Chinese   people since ancient times and is regarded as a traditional famous flower.

4.   Osmanthus tea, made from osmanthus fragrans, is a Chinese specialty tea.   Osmanthus flowers are widely used in garden construction.