The invention discloses a
water softening valve and a
water softening machine, and relates to the technical field of
water softening machines, a valve body of the water
softening valve is provided with a valve cavity and a salt suction channel, a
grating assembly is arranged in the valve cavity, and the outer periphery of the
grating assembly abuts against the inner
peripheral face of the valve cavity so that the valve cavity can be divided into a plurality of water passing cavities in the axial direction of the valve cavity; the plurality of water passing cavities comprise a water inlet cavity, a side wall cavity, a
pollution discharge cavity, a central cavity and a water injection and salt absorption cavity; the
piston is inserted into the inner periphery of the
grating assembly and moves in the axial direction of the valve cavity; the
soft water valve has a regeneration mode and a flushing mode, and in the regeneration mode, the
piston is located at the regeneration position, so that
saline water in the salt box is guided into the
soft water tank through the water injection salt suction cavity and the salt suction channel, and regenerated waste water is discharged through the
sewage discharge cavity; in the flushing mode, the
piston is located at the flushing position so that
hard water in the water inlet cavity or the water outlet cavity can be guided into the
soft water tank to be flushed, and
sewage generated after flushing is discharged out of the
sewage discharging cavity. According to the technical scheme, the reasonability of the waterway mode of the soft water valve can be improved, and the performance of the water softener is improved.