Bonsai brings health and fortune in the new year

Kumquat, apricot, money tree, and chrysanthemum are not only beautiful and bring good luck in the new year, but also have many health benefits.

Many Vietnamese believe that ornamental plants displayed at home at the beginning of the year help purify the air, bring good health, and bring more luck and fortune in life. With this meaning, Dr. Huynh Tan Vu, Faculty of Traditional Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, advises some types of plants that bring fortune and are also medicinal herbs, which can be displayed at home at the beginning of the year:

Kumquat tree

According to folk beliefs, a kumquat tree laden with fruit symbolizes health, peace, longevity and luck in love, representing the reunion of many generations in the family. The dense yellow fruit represents prosperity, promising a new year of good harvest, prosperity and abundant vitality.

Kumquat tree symbolizes health, peace and longevity. Photo: Dac Thanh

Kumquats also have high nutritional value and are good for your health. Kumquats have a fragrant aroma and their peels contain spicy oils. The scent of kumquat essential oils not only freshens the air but also repels mosquitoes and insects.

According to Oriental medicine, kumquats are spicy, sweet, slightly sour, warm, dissolve phlegm, reduce cough, regulate qi, and strengthen the spleen. Eating kumquats with a reasonable amount of rock sugar can cure coughs and asthma caused by wind-cold in the elderly. Eating kumquats marinated in sugar has the effect of stimulating appetite and regulating qi.

In particular, kumquat is rich in vitamin C, has antioxidant properties, enhances the body's resistance, improves the immune system, protects cells from harmful bacteria and viruses, and helps the body recover faster from a cold. This is a common disease during Tet when the weather changes from winter to spring.

Apricot blossom tree

The yellow color of apricot blossoms symbolizes prosperity and development. According to ancient beliefs, apricot blossoms blooming on Tet holiday bring good luck, good health, prosperity, and wealth. The gentle fragrance of apricot blossoms also helps relieve stress and adds excitement to the beginning of the new year.

Apricot blossom tree. Photo: Pham Linh

According to traditional medicine, apricot blossoms are sweet and slightly bitter, warm, non-toxic, and used to treat diseases such as high fever, chest tightness, cough, sore throat, loss of appetite, and dizziness. Apricot blossoms contain many ingredients that promote the excretion process of the excretory system, protect the liver and gallbladder, and inhibit the formation of some types of bacteria that cause intestinal diseases such as cholera, coli, or dysentery bacilli.

Gerbera

The money flower is a flower that stands out with its bright colors, each flower is big and round like the old coins. The tree blooms all year round, so every spring, many families choose to display it. The flower symbolizes wealth and luck. Growing money flowers helps the homeowner to prosper in business, have many successes, helps to dispel bad luck and bring good luck.

This flower also purifies the air, removing trichloroethylene and benzene chemicals from many household materials from paint to synthetic fibers. It also releases more oxygen than other common houseplants, making it a great choice for people with breathing disorders.

Oriental medicine believes that gerbera petals contain cooling ingredients. Drying them and boiling them in water can help clear phlegm and reduce coughs effectively.

Gerbera daisies bring fortune and luck. Photo: Nguyen Phu Cuong

Chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemums love sunlight and should be placed near a window. This flower has the ability to filter out toxins such as ammonia and benzene, which are commonly found in plastics, detergents, and glues.

According to feng shui, chrysanthemums symbolize noble qualities, longevity, happiness and joy. Therefore, every Tet holiday, people place beautiful pots of chrysanthemums in front of the gate and doorstep with the wish for a new year of good health and increased happiness.

A large chrysanthemum garden in Can Tho. Photo: Cuu Long

In addition, chrysanthemum is also a medicinal herb with many medicinal uses. There are many different types of chrysanthemum, the most commonly used in medicine are yellow chrysanthemum and white chrysanthemum. In Oriental medicine, white chrysanthemum has the effect of dispersing wind, clearing heat, calming the liver, improving eyesight, and detoxifying. Yellow chrysanthemum has a bitter and spicy taste, warm properties, and the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying.

Thuy Quynh

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