Is Qingming dish moxa leaf?

Qingming cuisine is not moxa leaves. Qingming vegetable is not only a kind of wild vegetable, but also an effective ingredient, while Artemisia argyi is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which is not eaten as an ingredient.

What is Qingming cuisine?

1. Qingming cabbage is an annual or biennial herb of Compositae and Salvia. The plant height is about 10~50cm, the stem is erect, there are many branches, and there are white cotton hairs and oblanceolate or spatulate leaves on the branches, apex tip, narrow base, globular bell-shaped flowers, a total of three layers of golden bracts, the fruit is oblong, usually flowering in April-June and fruiting in August-September.

2. Qingming vegetable is a kind of wild vegetable with high nutritional value, which is rich in carotene, vitamins and volatile oil. it has the effect of antibacterial, antihypertensive and analgesic. It can be eaten in patients with cough, cold, broad bean disease or abnormal leucorrhea.

3. Qingming vegetable is a kind of wild vegetable that grows everywhere during the Qingming Festival. Generally, in April every year, many people will pick some to go home to make Qingming cake or cook soup. It tastes very good and can play a certain therapeutic effect.

What is Ai Ye?

1. Artemisia argyi is a plant of the genus Artemisia of Compositae, perennial herbs or slightly semi-shrubby, the plant has a strong aroma. The main root is obvious, slightly thick and long, with a diameter of 1.5 cm and many lateral roots. Stems solitary or few, 80-150 (- 250) cm tall. Leaves thickly papery, gray-white pubescent above, with white glandular spots and small concave spots. Head elliptic, 2.5-3 (- 3.5) mm in diam., sessile or subsessile. Achenes long-ovate or oblong. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to October.

2. Distributed in Mongolia, Korea, Russia (far East) and China; widely distributed in China, in addition to extremely arid and alpine areas, almost throughout China. It is cultivated in Japan. Born in wasteland, roadside riverside and hillside in low to middle altitude areas, it is also found in forest steppe and steppe areas, and some areas are the dominant species of plant communities.

3. The whole herb has the effects of warming menstruation, removing dampness, dispelling cold, stopping bleeding, anti-inflammation, relieving asthma, relieving cough, calming the fetus, anti-allergy and so on. Moxa leaves are dried and mashed to make moxa strips for moxibustion, and can also be used as raw materials for "printing mud". In addition, the whole grass is used as an insecticidal pesticide or smoke for room disinfection and insecticide. Buds and seedlings are used as vegetables. Moxa dried and crushed into Artemisia powder, which is a high-quality feed additive for livestock and poultry. It can also be used as a natural plant dye.

Although Qingming vegetables and moxa leaves look similar, and can be used as medicine, but their efficacy is different, we should pay attention to the distinction.