What is the potted planting method of bergamot, a traditional Chinese medicine? What are the points for attention in daily management?

Bergamot, a traditional Chinese medicine, is one of the varieties of citron, and the pulp can be used as traditional Chinese medicine. Its pericarp folds are bright yellow and are very glossy. It begins to branch at the top, shaped like an open finger. Because of its peculiar fruit shape, it is often used as an ornamental plant and is favored by potted plant lovers. What is the potted planting method of bergamot? What are the points for attention in daily management?

1. Common varieties of bergamot

1. White flower bergamot, white flower bergamot flowers are white. The white flower bergamot's Fu fruit is mostly in the shape of outstretched hand, and the autumn fruit is in the shape of boxer.

2. Safflower bergamot, safflower bergamot flowers are red. Safflower bergamot Fuguo and Qiuguo are in the shape of boxers.

Second, the efficacy and function of bergamot.

1. The efficacy of bergamot

Bergamot is covered with treasures. Roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits can be used as medicine, pungent, bitter, sweet, warm, non-toxic; into the three meridians of the liver, spleen and stomach, there are more medicinal functions, such as regulating qi and resolving phlegm, stopping vomiting and distension, soothing the liver and invigorating the spleen, dispelling wind and clearing heat, and so on.

It is used for indigestion, thick and greasy tongue coating, chest tightness and flatulence, vomiting and cough, diarrhea, disharmony between liver and stomach, abdominal distension and pain, cough and sputum, nervous stomachache and so on. Red pine bergamot can be made into a variety of traditional Chinese medicine, long-term use has the role of health care and longevity.

2. The function of bergamot

Bergamot fruit can be used to enjoy and smell fragrance.

Can also be put in the car, the room to remove the smell, can refresh the mind.

Bergamot can make wine, can also be pickled with honey or sugar to make tea, can also be sliced and dried, is a commonly used medicine.

Bergamot dregs can be gorgeously transformed into activated carbon, which can be used to make water dispenser adsorbents, anti-odor insoles, and even directly used in industry. Decolorization treatment of dye wastewater and adsorption of formaldehyde.

A commonly used medicine for stomachache and nausea. Bergamot is a commonly used medicine for stomachache, which can relieve spasm and pain in the treatment of chronic gastritis and ulcers. Especially for the inflammation of duodenum, the pain caused by ulcer is the best, and it is also good for cholecystitis, cholangitis and spasmolysis.

It has a good effect in the treatment of gastroduodenitis, such as stomach discomfort, flatulence, nausea, general vomiting, nausea after chemotherapy, pregnancy nausea, etc., and helps to accelerate the recovery of digestive function.

A commonly used medicine to protect the stomach. Many fragrant and dry drugs for regulating qi have the side of hurting yin. For patients with internal heat due to yin deficiency, loss of body fluid and stomachache, on the one hand, we need to nourish yin and clear heat, nourish body fluid and moisturize dryness, and on the other hand, we should try to reduce the damage to stomach yin. Bergamot, tangerine peony, peony, Fructus Aurantii and other few medicines are available.

3. Potted planting methods of bergamot

The propagation of bergamot generally adopts the method of cutting bergamot or the method of grafting propagation.

Bergamot can generally be cut in spring or summer every year, and it is most suitable when the bud begins to sprout before each shoot growth.

Select the sturdy annual bergamot twigs, then cut the cuttings with a length of 8ml / 10cm, remove the lower leaves, leave a few leaves in the upper part, and then insert the bergamot cuttings into about 2/3 of the cuttings deep in the soil.

The culture soil of bergamot can be made from a mixture of garden soil and sand, or coarse sand. Bergamot should be sprayed with water to keep moist after insertion, and then be maintained in a shaded and ventilated place. generally, it can take root after about 60 days, and wait for new branches and leaves to produce longer divisible seedlings and implant into small pots.

The cutting propagation of bergamot can be carried out in spring and April every year, and five-or six-year-old limes or wolves are generally used as rootstocks, while limes are better. Bergamot can be cut and propagated in spring, summer and autumn except in winter, and it is better to cut and propagate in April or May every year. Cuttings or grafted bergamot potted plants, if well managed, can generally bear fruit in three or four years.

IV. Matters needing attention in the culture of bergamot

1. Bergamot prefers a fertile and humid environment. Adequate and moderate water and fertilizer should be supplied during the growing period of bergamot. Especially in July and August every year, you can get wet. Generally, you can apply rotten bean cake water or human feces and urine fertilizer once a week. Bergamot fertilizers should be applied sparingly, and the number of fertilizers should be reduced after September. There is no need for topdressing around October every year, and the basin soil can be slightly dry when bergamot is maintained in winter. Otherwise, the branches and leaves of bergamot grow young, not full, and are vulnerable to freezing damage in winter.

2. Bergamot can't keep the temperature below 5 degrees Celsius in winter. Young bergamot plants need to change pots once a year, and adult bergamot plants change pots every two or three years. Bergamot usually occurs before the early spring buds sprout.

3. Bergamot roots can be trimmed properly when changing pots, withered roots can be cut off, pot soil can be mixed with compost or rotten stable manure, and a small amount of cake fertilizer or phosphate fertilizer can be added at the bottom of the basin as base fertilizer.

4. The common diseases and insect pests of bergamot include scale insects, red spiders, bergamot insects, butterflies and soot diseases, which should be controlled in time.