Blue thistle flower, also known as blue thorn head, is a biennial herbaceous plant of the family Comfrey. The corolla is purplish-blue or pink, obliquely funnel-shaped, pubescent on the outside, and blooms from June to September. It is native to United Kingdom, the Eastern Mediterranean region to the Caucasus, and is mostly distributed in northern Xinjiang, Beijing, Nanjing and other places on the mainland. Blue thistle likes fertilizer, mild climate, sunny environment.
Blue thistle has good ornamental properties and a long flowering period, which is suitable for arranging flower beds and flower landscapes.
The whole herb of blue thistle can be used as medicine. Bitter sex, cold. It is used to generate dampness and heat, regulate abnormal black bile, generate dampness and replenish the brain, dispel cold and replenish the heart, refresh the heart and pleasing the mind, moisturize dryness and reduce inflammation, and relieve cough and asthma.
Blue thistle contains a variety of fatty acids, is a good health and beauty product, pure seed oil content of about 27.5%, of which the content is more linolenic acid.
The blue thistle plant culture is strong, the flower language is fraternity, and there are many legends and stories.
In the West, it is known as the "blessed thistle". Legend has it that it was the Virgin Mary who took the nail that Christ was crucified, removed it and buried it in the ground.
In Scotland, the flower language of the blue thistle is "God bless". One day in the 13th century, the Scottish castle was surrounded by a surprise attack by the Denmark army, and the Denmark army accidentally broke into the thistle flower on the way, and the pain caused by the blue thistle flower thorn and wailed. As a result, it was inspected by the Scottish army, and then resisted, and finally won a complete victory. To commemorate the victory in this war, the Scots consider the blue thistle to be the national flower.
In France, there is a custom in Christianity to associate a saint with a particular flower, and the Church often decorates altars with this blooming flower when commemorating the saint. The saint commemorated by the blue thistle is the 12th-century female monk St. Lotus Karda, also known as the Flower of St. Lotus Karda.
In Greece mythology, the goddess of the earth fell in love with the versatile Chris, and wanted to find an opportunity to tell the shepherd who could compose poetry and music and was a master of hunting.
In many places in the Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park, you can see the figure of blue thistle. Wherever they are, they take root downwards and bloom upwards. Just like the course of life, it is humble and tenacious; Upward flowering, is abundance and self-confidence. It is believed that a flower will bloom in the dust, because there was a starry sky with bright hope. When we look back, we will find that those days that took root are the most precious treasure in life. Let the trees that belong to the course of life grow again, and those flowers bloom again. When we meet again, it must be the best time in life.
Photo: Hebei Huailai Guanting Reservoir National Wetland Park
Typesetting: Zhangjiakou Cultural Tourism
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