yama
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Many trees and shurbs in Japanese garden have medicenal valu

Hi All
You may not even thought that trees, shurbs and groundcover of Japanese garden have medicenal value.
Acuba japonica, nandina, akebia ,kazu.persimon, plunus mume(ume),peony, strawberry begonia, gardenia,pine leave etc This is just small list.

One of hydreangea can make sweet tea ( no suger needed, hydreanger leave it's self makes sweet tea)
Pasimon leave has been use as tea. Japanese barberry which has Japanese name" megi " me is eye(s), gi means tree or shurb
Before mordan medicine develpoed, Japanese barberry has been useed for treating eye problem.
yama



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