The invention discloses a
water softening valve and a
water softening machine. The
water softening valve comprises a valve body, a valve core
assembly and a switching unit, wherein the valve body comprises a valve cavity, and further comprises a water
inlet channel, a washing channel, a
backwashing channel, a
jet flow channel, a
softening input channel, a
softening output channel and a wastewaterchannel which communicate with the valve cavity, and a salt absorption channel which communicates with the
jet flow channel, the washing channel and the
backwashing channel are both connected with thejet flow channel, the valve core
assembly is provided with a washing position and a
backwashing position, and on the washing position, the valve core
assembly is used for enabling the water
inlet channel to communicate with the washing channel, enabling the
jet flow channel to communicate with the
softening input channel and enabling the softening output channel to communicate with the wastewaterchannel, and then on the backwashing position, the valve core assembly is used for enabling the water
inlet channel to communicate with the backwashing channel, enabling the jet flow channel to communicate with the softening output channel and enabling the softening input channel to communicate with the
wastewater channel, and the switching unit is used for enabling the washing channel to communicate with the jet flow channel when the valve core assembly is located on the washing position, and enabling the backwashing channel to communicate with the jet flow channel when the filter core assembly is located on the backwashing position. The water softening valve can conveniently achieve salt absorption washing and backwashing.