The quatrains praising wintersweet.

Winter came, wintersweet quietly opened, so I went downstairs to see it. The bare trunk is covered with hundreds of plum blossoms, some red as fire, some yellow as gold, some white as snow, colorful and beautiful.

People praise peony because of its wealth, lotus because of its mud, and I praise plum blossom because of her indomitable spirit.

Chimonanthus praecox opens spring in the cold winter and selflessly sprinkles fragrance to the world. It is said that winter jasmine is the messenger of spring, but in fact wintersweet is the guiding angel of spring. Follow wintersweet, smell the flowers and walk into the colorful spring.

The dead branches of plum trees are sprouting in the corner. In winter, other flowers are lonely, and only Chimonanthus praecox is charming and lovely when it blooms alone. Leng Xiang is accompanied by pure jade snowflakes, which set off the delicate and charming plum blossoms.

Chimonanthus praecox (scientific name:? Chimonanthus praecox (L.) Link) is a plant of Chimonanthaceae and Chimonanthus. Deciduous shrubs, up to 4 meters high; The young branches are square and the old branches are nearly cylindrical; Scale buds are usually inserted in the axils of biennial branches, and the bud scales are nearly round. Flowers are fragrant and beautiful, and they are landscaping plants.

Roots and leaves can be used as medicine to regulate qi and relieve pain, dispel cold and detoxify, and treat traumatic injury, low back pain, rheumatism numbness, cold and cold, knife wound and bleeding; Flowers relieve summer heat and promote fluid production, and treat vexation, thirst, qi stagnation and chest tightness; Germination oil for treating burns. 0.5-0.6% of Chimonanthus praecox extract can be extracted from flowers; Chemical components include benzyl alcohol, benzyl acetate vinegar, linalool, Arabic gum alcohol, terpineol, indole and so on. The seeds contain wintersweet.