It used to be an ancient tribute, stems and leaves are first-class wild vegetables, but they are often fed to pigs as harmful grass.

In the wild in the countryside, there are a lot of weeds, especially after the arrival of spring, the weeds in the countryside also begin to grow crazily, whether in front of the house or in the vegetable garden, farmland or rivers and lakes, there are all kinds of weeds. Farmers' friends have different attitudes towards these weeds, some weeds are lovable and some are annoying, such as those that can be eaten as wild vegetables. Farmer friends like it very much, and weeds growing in crop fields are often hated by peasant friends. Below, the author introduces such a weed, which is often misunderstood by farmers and fed to pigs.

It is shaped like a lotus leaf and blossoms in May every year. Its flowers are yellow, a bit like pumpkin flowers. This aquatic weed is called Prunus thunbergii, also known as Pumpkin. Presumably many friends living in the countryside should be familiar with the Chinese cabbage, but they don't know its name, because it is often misunderstood by farmers as a harmful weed in the rice field.

Chinese cabbage likes to grow in paddy fields, rice fields and rivers. Its adaptability and vitality are very strong. If you throw one of its broken roots, stems or branches into the water, it can produce a new one. You can imagine how strong it is in its life, and it grows quite fast. Its branches are woven in the water, and its stems can grow to 1.5 meters or more a year. Therefore, it is often removed by farmers as harmful weeds in rice and paddy fields.

However, because pigs, ducks and geese all like to eat pickled vegetables, it is not wasted when farmers get rid of it, but feed it to pigs, ducks, geese and other poultry and livestock.

In fact, braised vegetables are not as bad as people think, but they are still a kind of first-class wild vegetables. I believe many people know the Book of songs. Although they do not know how to recite them, they still know that "Guan Guan singing waterbirds live on sandbars in the river." A kind and beautiful girl, a good spouse of a good man. " In fact, in the Book of songs, it has been mentioned that the original sentence is that "if the length is uneven, the girl will pick it,"the girl will pick it from left to right," and "the girl will pick it from side to side."

What is described here is the scene of the ancient woman picking vegetables, which is said to be sacrificed by the ancestors in the early Zhou Dynasty. It is said that in the early Zhou Dynasty, vegetable soup was used as a tribute to the ancestors, so it can be seen that it was a kind of excellent wild vegetables in ancient times.

So what is the value of Chinese cabbage as a kind of excellent wild vegetable in ancient times? The tender stems, leaves and flowers can be eaten as wild vegetables, tender, juicy, non-toxic, no peculiar smell, rich in protein, fat, vitamin B1, vitamin C, organic acids and other nutrients, its taste is like water shield, smooth and refreshing.

In addition, the whole herb can also be used as medicine. according to the National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine, it has the effects of heat-clearing and detoxification, diuresis and detumescence, and can be used to treat cold, fever, lack of sweating, hives, urticaria, edema, adverse urination, poisonous snakebite and other symptoms.

So in the future, when you see this kind of wild vegetable in paddy and rice fields, you can no longer regard it as a harmful grass, it is of great use. Especially in summer, Congee with Mung Bean Congee with cauliflower and mung bean pot not only tastes sweet, fragrant and refreshing, but also has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, relieving summer heat and relieving thirst (tested by the author).

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