Introduction: The wild plantain that can be seen everywhere in the rural mountains is a treasure, with 4 major values, don't take it seriously
In the countryside on the mountain, on the roadside, in the wasteland, by the small river, in the vegetable garden, under the forest, there is a kind of wild grass everywhere, this wild grass is an annual or biennial herb, which grows in many provinces and regions of the mainland, and should also be in your hometown, but you have not paid attention to it, and it is often stepped on by us.
But do you know this weed, it has four powerful wonderful uses, probably many people do not know its value, resulting in this plant growing on the mountain, and then slowly self-destruction, wasted its value, very unfortunate, so today Xiao Wu for everyone to introduce this weed, share its daily life 4 wonderful uses, if you see this plant next time, you must pay attention to it, so that the value of this plant can serve us very well.
This kind of grass is plantain, which is also called ox tongue grass, wheel vegetable. Plantain in the southern region, it is a perennial herb, in the winter it is still green leaves, its plant is not tall, about twenty or thirty centimeters high, because its leaves look like the tongue of a cow, so people call it a cow's tongue.
Plantain value
This wild plantain in the countryside, it is worth a lot, today Xiao Wu shared 4 values for everyone. Hope it works for you.
First, plantain can be eaten as wild vegetables
In the spring of each year, it is the season with the most wild vegetables in the rural mountains, plantain is one of them, and the tender green plantain leaves that have just grown in the spring are picked back, cleaned, fried to eat, stuffed, boiled water to drink, cold mixed, are very good. It is cool and bitter to eat, and the aftertaste is endless. And eating it is very beneficial to the body.
Second, plantain is a good feed for pigs and cattle
In the countryside, families have the habit of raising pigs and cattle, and rural pigs and cattle are free-range, a family raises a few, pigs and cows eat food is the family's own grain and planted grass, grass is sometimes not enough for pigs and cattle to eat.
Rural people have to go to the mountains to dig wild grass for pigs and cattle to eat, and plantain is one of the feeds that people often dig up to feed pigs and cows, because plantain is everywhere, especially in the field, and grows a lot.
Farmer friends would carry a basket, take a small hoe, dig plantain and go back to feed the pigs. Dig up the plantain, wash the mud, chop it and cook it before giving it to the pigs.
Pigs can not only grow meat when they eat it, but also often eat plantain and get sick less, which is deeply loved by people.
Third, plantain can be used medicinally
Plantain is a good Chinese medicinal material, many people in the countryside know, but many people do not know what it does, and how to use it.
In Traditional Chinese medicine, the seeds of Pingcheqian can be used in medicine, sweet in taste, and cold in nature. There are clear heat diuretics, seepage and drenching, clear liver and eyes, used for gonorrhea urinary closure, summer wet diarrhea, red swelling and pain, phlegm cough, visual dizziness.
However, in the folk, plantain plants are also commonly used as medicinal herbs, like sometimes pigs raised at home, cattle have some diseases to use plantain. For example, sows often feed plantains to eat.
Fourth, plantain can be sold for money
Plantain based on the above value, so it is also a good economic plant, you can use it to sell money, in some areas, there are special planting plantain to sell money, careful netizens should have already found, in our usual shopping shopping site have seen this wild plantain in sale, and the value ranges from 20 yuan a pound.
Of course, the wild plantain is more valuable, and the tender green space is bought back to eat, or cultivated as a bonsai, which is very good.
Especially the seeds of plantain, the value of psyllium is even greater, and the price is naturally higher.
In summary, the common plantain in the countryside, it is precious, not only as a wild vegetable to eat, but also as a feed for writers and livestock, but also for medicinal purposes, used to sell money.
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