Willow has many uses. Please briefly list four different uses.
Commonly used in garden viewing, residential areas, gardens, schools, factories, hillsides, courtyards, roadsides and buildings. When in full bloom, the branches extend in all directions, making the courtyard full of green with high ornamental value; It is an ideal tree species to beautify the courtyard. It has strong resistance to air pollution and dust and is suitable for growing in urban gardens, especially by pools or streams.
2. Economic value
The fiber of willow bark can be used as raw material for textile and rope making; Branches can be woven into baskets, baskets, crates and helmets. Wood is white and tough. Can be used as small farm tools, small household appliances and charcoal burning.
Willow is light, easy to cut, does not deform after drying, and has no special smell. It can be used as materials for buildings, potholes, box boards, match sticks and so on. Wood fiber content is high, which is the raw material of papermaking and artificial cotton; Willow and willow branches are good firewood; Many kinds of wicker can be woven into baskets, boxes, hats and so on. Willow leaves can be used as feed for sheep and horses; Honey source plants; It is a beautiful ornamental tree species.
3. Environmental governance
While producing bioenergy, willow dwarf forest can also play a role in removing pollutants and managing the environment.
Sweden has successfully used willow dwarf forest to treat urban wastewater, landfill leachate, industrial wastewater (such as wastewater from wood storage plants sprayed with logs), sewage sludge and sawdust. , mainly through plant absorption to reduce pollutants and excessive nutrients in water and soil, and promote the degradation of organic pollutants by soil microorganisms. This process is called phytoremediation.
4. Flood control and dike protection
Willow can protect dams, conserve water and soil, and resist natural disasters. Willow branches are tough, resistant to flooding, not afraid of wind and waves, even if the top of the tree is flooded for several months, it can be safe and sound, and it is an ideal tree species for flood control and dike protection.
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Willow bark or root bark can also be used as medicine, called willow bark, which is bitter and cold, and has the effects of expelling wind and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Can be used for treating rheumatic bone pain, wind swelling and itching pain, jaundice, stranguria, leucorrhea, mammary abscess, furuncle, toothache and scald caused by soup and fire.
The bitter cold of willow leaves belongs to the lung, kidney and heart meridians, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis, calming the liver and relieving pain, and penetrating rash. It can be used to treat chronic tracheitis, urethritis, cystitis, bladder stones, turbid urine, hypertension, carbuncle, scald, fire injury, joint swelling and pain, toothache and rash.
Clinical treatment of inflammatory infection, infectious hepatitis, hypertension, endemic goiter, hemorrhagic conjunctivitis and other diseases with willow leaves has achieved good results.
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