The weeds in the swamp are shaped like donkey hoofs and the old farmers realize that 45 yuan a jin is now a rare commodity.

Friends living in the countryside must be no stranger to weeds. There are all kinds of weeds in the countryside, and many weed farmers are also very fond of them, because some of them can be eaten as wild vegetables and some can be used as herbal medicine. however, there are many weeds that many farmers do not know, and only old farmers know them. Below, the author introduces such a weed, it is generally rare to see, because the growth position is very partial.

This kind of weed is called palus in Latin, which means "swamp". It describes that donkey foot grass grows in wet and muddy places such as swamps and wetlands. It begins to grow after the arrival of spring every year and begins to blossom in May. The author also saw this strange weed when I went to the mountains yesterday. I asked a lot of younger farmers and said they didn't know it. Later, I asked an older farmer friend that it turned out that this kind of weed was called "donkey hoof grass".

The reason why donkey hoof grass is so named, in fact, if you take a closer look at it, you will find that after its leaves have grown, it looks like a donkey's hoof and a horse's hoof, so it has the title of donkey's hoof or horseshoe. Donkey hoof grass is not widely distributed in China. It is mainly distributed in the rural mountains of Heilongjiang, eastern Xizang, northwest Yunnan, Sichuan, western Zhejiang, southern Gansu, Shaanxi, western Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, western Hubei and other places. Its growth location is in the wetlands and marshes in mountain forests ranging from 1300 meters to 2000 meters above sea level, so it is difficult for ordinary people to see and naturally do not know it. Only old farmers know it.

Although the name of donkey foot grass is not very good body, it can even be said to be relatively vulgar, but do not underestimate it, its role can be very great, the author consulted the relevant materials, in the "Chinese Materia Medica" records, donkey hoof grass can be used as medicine, its taste is cool, it has the function of expelling wind and relieving cold, relieving summer heat, promoting blood circulation and detumescence It can be used to treat a variety of symptoms, such as cold, heatstroke, falling injury, scalding, dizziness, general pain and so on.

And now research has also found that donkey hoof species contain a substance called triterpenoid saponins, which has cholesterol and anti-inflammatory effects, which also greatly increases the value of donkey hoof grass. It is understood that the extract of donkey hoof grass is now sold for about 45 yuan per jin, which is also a rare product.

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