Is the latest touch incense toxic?

Touch incense is also known as a touch of incense, touch incense (Chu Liuxiang), fluffy camellia, etc., is a sub-shrubby perennial herb of Labiatae, and enjoys the laudatory name of "touch incense" because it emits a comfortable aroma after touch. and because its fragrance is sweet and similar to apple fragrance, it also enjoys the reputation of "apple fragrance". Let's take a look at whether touch incense is poisonous.

Is touch incense poisonous?

Touching incense is not toxic. The fragrant plant somatic green substance is non-toxic and harmless, and can be eaten. The leaves make tea and wine smell attractive, can also cook, cook soup, stir-fry vegetables, cold, juice and honey raw food to relieve sore throat, boiled into tea can relieve flatulence and cold, external application after smashing can reduce inflammation and swelling and maintain the skin.

The reason for touching fragrant hair incense

The reason for the fragrance of touching incense is similar to the "shy" principle of mimosa. When the leaf is stimulated by touch, the water in the cell will act, which changes the turgor and pressure of the leaf pillow. The leaves that touch incense do not contract under swelling pressure, but the stomata inside are used to expand, and a volatile substance with apple flavor spreads into the air through the stomata. In fact, usually touch the incense will also send out a weak fragrance, but this fragrance is not easy to detect, when its leaves are touched, the fragrance becomes stronger (there is also on the hand), people feel that it is fragrant as soon as it is touched.

Culture method of touching incense

1. Soil: touch the soil with loose incense and good drainage.

2. Sunshine: when you touch incense and like the sun, the fleshy leaves will be thick in the sunny environment, and the leaves will become flat and thin if the light is not enough.

3, temperature: touch incense shady, afraid of cold, need to be cultivated in the greenhouse, not resistant to water and humidity like warmth, not resistant to cold, winter needs 5: 10 ℃ temperature.

4. Watering: touch incense is not resistant to moisture, but if it is too wet, it is easy to rot and kill the root. The soil should be dry and wet, and watering and fertilization should be reduced or stopped on cloudy days. After summer, there must be less watering, and watering should be controlled in winter. It is generally necessary to watch the leaves wilt before watering, otherwise it is easy to grow in vain.

5. Pruning: because incense is easy to branch and grow on a horizontal plane, the plant spacing should be wide when planting in order to stretch the branches and leaves. Moderate pruning can promote branching and grow healthily.

6. Fertilization: not tolerant to fertilizer, once a month during the growing period. Give priority to phosphorus and potassium fertilizer and apply less nitrogen fertilizer.