One plant a day: Pickles (common name Houttuynia cordata)
Poetry flowers
A warbler at the bottom of the flower, and the flower is half hooked obliquely to the moon.
Where the moon sets, the point flies like snow.
—Liu Han, "A Warbler at the Bottom of the Flower".
Plant culture
Bracken, because of the fishy smell of the leaves, achieved the nickname of houttuynia cordata, so that later only houttuynia, not bracken.
Boiled vegetables, hungry vegetables. Legend has it that Yue Wang Gou Jian survived the great famine by relying on the strong vitality of the bracken, so everyone simply called it "hungry grass". Later generations called it white mouth, it was called "boiled vegetables", which has been used to this day.
Plant value
As we all know, the medicinal value of houttuynia cordata is very high, people often use it as a medicine, or they will also eat it as a most common dish, although the taste is not satisfactory, but the value of eating is high.
Houttuynia cordata is a perennial herb known as Houttuynia cordata due to its fishy smell in the whole plant. Houttuynia cordata smells spicy, slightly cold, belongs to the lung meridian, belongs to the heat and detoxification drugs, has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire, sterilization, diuresis and body health. It can enhance the body's anti-inflammatory and anti-viral capabilities, and has great benefits for maintaining the health of the human body. However, the consumption of houttuynia can induce the occurrence of bad breath, and if it is consumed in excess, it will also cause damage to the kidneys and will also affect the health of the human gastrointestinal tract. It should be noted that people who are prone to allergies should not eat houttuynia cordata, so as not to cause allergies, and in severe cases, it can cause anaphylactic shock.
Plant encyclopedia
Latin name: Houttuynia cordata
Triogascarpus Saururaceae · It belongs to Houttuynia
Aliases: side ear root, tick root, folded ear root, dog grass, dog ear, pig nostrils, stinky grass, stinky vegetable, houttuynia cordata, fish scale grass
