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Birthday flower: eat dandelions

In the 12th century, establish foundation's monastery of st flowers of the bell

Since ancient times, Christianity is a link to the sage and specific flower habits, this followed in the church when honor saints, often caused by altar ornament with blooming flowers!In medieval Catholic monasteries, is like a garden center of planting all kinds of flowers, over time, the church will be 366 days of saint respectively and different flowers together, form the so-called flower calendar.At that time most of the monasteries in southern Europe, southern Europe is Mediterranean climate, very suitable for planting flowers.Eating dandelions compositae, was chosen to sacrifice to the 12th century to lay the foundation's monastery of st the bell.It is a perennial weeds, and dandelions are very similar, mostly distributed in the north of the Mediterranean region.

says: save

Eating dandelions since ancient times is regarded as a kind of good effect of herbs.Not only can treat kidney disease (CKD), jaundice, and is a diuretic, so it means "save".People who are born blessed this flower, have the spirit of sacrifice and honesty, likes to help others, to solve the difficult for everyone.But in the face of their own problems, instead of at a loss.In order to gain the attention of the opposite sex, it is better to try to solve their own problems, in order to show ", there is mo enemy "drive.

Birthstone: agate

It is said that due to the original agate stone shape and brain is similar, so called it "agate".No matter in the old testament or the classic of Buddhism, agate deeds are recorded.

In the east, it is one of the Sapporo, seven Jane.Agate can be divided into chalcedony and agate.Rough stone color is not complex, called "chalcedony", a straight line parallel stripes rough stone is called "onyx" (JieZi agate).According to the color of the original stone, sardonyx, red agate etc.Recently, the general will be dyed black agate are collectively referred to as agate.

The legend of agate

Legend, the goddess of love and beauty of the Buddha boroditsky, lying on a sleeping under the tree, her son eros, secretly took her glittering nail clippings, and merrily merrily with nails to fly in the sky.Fly into the air of eros, accidentally dropped your nails, and fell to the ground fingers turned to stone, agate.So some people think that have agate, can strengthen the love, adjust yourself with the affection between the lover.In Japanese mythology, the jade face comb MingYu life to amaterasu, is a crescent-shaped green agate, it is also one of Japan's three kind of artifact!