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This small wild fruit is often treated as a weed, but it is not known as a precious traditional Chinese medicine to dry 80 yuan a jin.

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, This kind of plant grows too much in the countryside. We call it Tong Ma and its scientific name is abutilon. It often grows in ravines, rivers, roadsides and other places. If there is a wasteland, it can grow much more. If it hinders the growth of crops, most of them.

This kind of plant grows too much in the countryside. We call it Tongma. Its scientific name is Abutilon theophrasti. It often grows in ravines, rivers, roadsides and other places. If there is a wasteland, it can grow a lot. If it hinders the growth of crops, most of the time it will be removed as weeds.

When I was a child, we rural children did not have any snacks to eat, this Abutilon seeds can also become our small snacks, in its green fruit has not turned black, picked down and peeled, there are tender white seeds, eat up a little fragrant.

And theophrasti stem also has a role, that is, can take "hemp", so that my grandfather used to often find some theophrasti back, and then soak the theophrasti stem in water, after a few days can peel off the skin of theophrasti stem twisted into various hemp ropes, such as back rope, well rope, can also be used to weave straw shoes and so on, anyway, very strong.

In the past, when the weed was removed, in fact, its whole plant can also be used as medicine. It is a precious traditional Chinese medicine. The whole plant can be sold for money, especially its seemingly inconspicuous "wild fruit". The seeds contained in it are called Abutilon seed. Now it can be sold for about 80 yuan a catty after drying. It has the effect of clearing heat and removing dampness and detoxification. It can treat otitis media, dysentery and other diseases. It can be said that the whole body is a treasure.

Abutilon theophrasti is an annual herb. It blooms yellow flowers from July to October every year. Its flowers are also beautiful. Then from the edge of the lace fruit, November when the fruit ripens, the white seeds inside will turn black.

In memory, Abutilon theophrasti is basically wild. In fact, there are many artificial planting Abutilon theophrasti now. Abutilon theophrasti belongs to short-day cash crop. It is relatively easy to plant, has low requirements for growth environment and strong adaptability. It can grow well in waterlogged wetland or dry land. It is very promising to plant.

 
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