Introduction: The leaves are like the teeth of a dog, known as "dogtooth grass", making bonsai is a must, ornamental eating is not wrong
The countryside is not only the world of wild grasses, but also the gathering place of various wild vegetables. In the past era when there was no food and clothing, many wild vegetables were the life-saving food of poor farmers and saved the lives of many people.
There are many kinds of wild vegetables, like the wild vegetables we often eat there are dozens of kinds, such as purslane, houttuynia cordata, wormwood leaves, a little red, dandelion, plantain, bracken, maran head, cabbage, etc. have wild vegetables that we often eat in our lives.
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Dogtooth grass is also a common wild vegetable in the countryside, because its leaves look like dog teeth, so it is called "dogtooth grass". In fact, its scientific name is called Buddha's Tooth Grass, but everyone prefers to call it the alias Dogtooth Grass.
Dogtooth grass also has Buddha nails, iron nails, dog tooth petals, dog tooth vegetables and other aliases, is a sedum family of perennial herbs, mostly grown on roadsides, flat grass slopes, low mountains and other places, is a very attractive green plant.
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It is now the season when dogtooth grass is in full bloom, growing everywhere, its reproductive ability is extremely strong, as long as it is a little soil can make it bloom wildly and grow particularly luxuriant.
Dogtooth grass is a must for making bonsai, it is a plant that can grow freely anywhere, you don't have to care about it, you can also grow its own taste, green young leaves hanging down on the bonsai, like a waterfall, especially spectacular.
The leaves of dogtooth grass are succulent, growing verdant and turquoise, and the turquoise leaves are like emeralds, neat and beautiful, and the ornamental value is extremely high. And it is very good to grow, can be used for roof greening, even without soil can be cultivated, is a good green plant.
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People who know dogtooth grass know that its young leaves are also a delicious dish that can be eaten, which can be fried, cold mixed, soup, etc., with delicious taste, rich nutrition, high health value, and is a rare delicacy on the table.
In fact, dogtooth grass also has a certain medicinal value, its medicinal whole grass, with heat and detoxification, stasis and swelling, hemostasis and pain relief effect, on sore throat, hepatitis, sores and swollen poison, bruises, poisonous snake bites, waist fire, burns, burns and so on have a good effect.
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Because, the external effect of dogtooth grass is particularly good, in the past helped many people, is a common folk medicine for external use, as long as the young leaves of dogtooth grass are mashed and applied to the affected area, the effect is very good, the key is not to leave scars, is a pure natural medicine.
Friends, do you have this kind of dogtooth grass in your hometown? It is not only the beauty of the bonsai, but also the food on the table, but also a good medicine for disease prevention and treatment, watching and eating two mistakes, if you meet in your hometown, quickly transplant and take it home, and raise it at home.