Huxiang natural calendar丨 vigilance "invasion killer" (15) cattle can not be pulled, the car can not be crushed, this weed has some "cow temper"
Friday November 12, 2021 The 6th day of the winter
Cow tendon grass, the grass as its name suggests, its rhizome is as tough as cow tendon.
It takes a lot of effort to pull the cow's tendon grass out of the ground. Its root system is too luxuriant, clinging to the land and not letting go, the stem is very hard, the toughness is still strong, quite a bit of "cow temper". Pulling can't move, it's hard to break, and it's "tug-of-war" really angry personally.
In the folk, ox tendon grass also has the nickname of thousand jin grass, which is also recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" written by Zhao Xuemin of the Qing Dynasty: "Cow tendon grass, a thousand golden grass." Seedlings in early summer, multi-life steps masonry road left, leaves like leeks and soft, its stem is weak and tough, it is not easy to break, the most difficult to remove, so it has the name of cow tendon. ”
It is precisely because the whiskers and roots of the ox tendon grass are long and the rhizomes are extremely deep, so the vitality is also quite tenacious. Even if you are stepped on by pedestrians on the road, the branches and leaves are scarred and still full of life.
Because it was too stubborn, the cow tendon grass became the "heart hate" of the peasant friend.
The tip of the ox tendon grass has countless flower spikes, and the seeds are distributed in clusters on the flower spikes. These seeds are extremely reproducible, as soon as the wind blows on the land, the soil will live, and the fields, ponds, bricks and stone crevices will grow everywhere, never picking places.
The favorite thing for calamus is to grow around crops and compete with them for nutrients. Every time the cropper saw this weed, he would always pick up the hoe, shovel its roots down fiercely, and throw it aside.
This disgusting weed is the best fodder, the favorite of cattle and sheep and other livestock. After eating, cattle and sheep can be quickly fattened and out of the pen as soon as possible, and it is said that the meat is fresh and tender to eat.
In the southern summer, it is commonly used to boil herbal tea with summer dry grass, cow tendon grass, light bamboo leaves, white thatch root, etc. Other materials may be difficult to find, but cowsuckleweed is everywhere and easy to find. It is also very simple to make herbal tea with it, clean it, and you can drink it simply by boiling it in water, so it is also known as "natural herbal tea".
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Oxbow grass, an annual herb of the genus Poaceae. The root system is extremely developed, and the stalks and leaves are strong. The stalks are clumped and the base is oblique. Spike-like inflorescences 2–7 finger-shaped growths at the top of the stalk and rarely solitary. The flowering period is from June to October.
It is found in the northern and southern provinces of China and in temperate and tropical regions of the world. It is mostly born in the wilderness and beside the road. It is also found in temperate and tropical regions of the world. The whole plant can be used as fodder and is also an excellent soil-preserving plant.
Text/Peng Kexin Photo/Wu Lei Design/Li Zhenming Think Tank/Wu Lei Coordinator/Zhou Yuegui Special Support/Hunan Forestry Bureau
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