There are many wild plants in the mountains in the countryside and wild, and some wild plants originally had a lot of them, but as their value was developed, they became endangered, why? Because if they are valuable, they can be sold for money, and if they can be sold for money, there will be many people to dig them, and under the uncontrolled digging of people, these valuable wild plants will become fewer and fewer, and thus endangered.
For example, wild gastrodia, seven-leaved flowers, golden clematis, etc., in the past, in the rural and mountainous areas, not to mention everywhere, but also easy to find, but now? It is estimated that I can not find a single tree in the mountains for several days, so it is necessary to reasonably develop these wild plant resources, and at the same time, we must also make people aware of the importance of these wild plants.
In this issue, the author will share with you a peculiar plant, which was common in the mountains in the past, the old man said that it was poisonous and could not be touched, but now it is very rare and precious, if you meet it, please cherish it.
Speaking of this peculiar plant, many friends in the southern mountains may have seen it, but they may not know its value, because in the past, the older generation of people said that it is poisonous and cannot be touched, otherwise it will rot hands, and this peculiar plant is "Red Winter Snake Mushroom".
What is Red Winter Snake Mushroom?
In folk, the red snake mushroom is also called "red snake mushroom", because its appearance is very similar to wild mushrooms, so many people think it is a wild mushroom. In fact, this red winter snake mushroom is not a wild mushroom, but a serious plant, but it is different from ordinary plants, because it is a parasitic plant, it is a herbaceous plant of the genus Snake mushroom, but it does not grow leaves.
The meaning of a parasitic plant is very simple, that is, it cannot survive alone, it has to parasitize on the host, and it can survive and reproduce by absorbing the nutrients of the host.
Generally speaking, when it comes to parasitic plants, most people think that they are harmful weeds, after all, absorbing the nutrients needed for the growth of the host will make the host grow poorly, so many people think that parasitic plants are harmful.
And the same is true for the red winter snake mushroom, in the past in the countryside, many people who don't know it don't like it, one is that it looks like a wild mushroom, the color is still bright red, which makes people feel poisonous at a glance, and the other is that it grows mostly in the deep mountains and old forests, and there are many snakes in the mountains and forests in the countryside at that time. In addition, it also has the word "snake" in its name, so many people of the older generation say that it is poisonous and cannot be touched.
The value of the red winter snake mushroom
I remember when I was a child, my grandfather told me that the reason why the older generation told the younger generation that the red winter snake mushroom was poisonous and could not be touched was because there were two reasons, one was that it grew in the deep mountains and old forests, and it was very dangerous to pick it. The second is that this plant is actually a highly valuable medicinal plant, although it was common in the mountains in the past, it is not easy to reproduce, and I don't want ignorant children to destroy it.
In fact, in the mainland folk, the red winter snake mushroom has always been regarded as a valuable medicinal material, in the rural areas of Hubei, Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangxi, people will also use it to pork, beef, mutton and other meat, it is said that not only the taste is very delicious, but also has a good therapeutic value.
Specifically, the whole plant of the red winter snake mushroom can be used as a Chinese herbal medicine, and there is a very nice name after entering the medicine, called "Wenwang a pen", which has the effect of benefiting the kidney and helping yang, stopping bleeding and building muscles, regulating menstruation and activating blood, and modern research has also found that the red winter snake mushroom is rich in a variety of active ingredients, which makes it also have a variety of effects such as anti-asthma, anti-tumor, and removal of harmful substances in the intestines, which makes the value of the red winter snake mushroom greater.
The current situation of the red winter snake mushroom
Once the value of wild plants is developed, they will naturally be utilized, but due to unreasonable use, such as indiscriminate mining and uncontrolled mining, many people have led to the endangerment of these wild plants, and the red winter snake mushroom is no exception.
Due to the high value of the red winter snake mushroom, so that its price on the market is also rising year by year, under the temptation of interests, many people go to the mountains to dig indiscriminately, so that the original lot of red winter snake mushroom suddenly decreased a lot.
In addition, people's exploitation of the forest has also reduced the environment for the red winter snake mushroom to survive, which makes the red winter snake mushroom less and less. Therefore, as early as many years ago, the red winter snake mushroom was included in the mainland's "Red List of China's Biodiversity - Higher Plants Volume", becoming a very rare and precious wild plant.
If you want to protect the red winter snake mushroom, in addition to not indiscriminately digging and digging, the best way is to protect the forest, the red winter snake mushroom is widely distributed in the mainland, basically in the provinces and regions south of the Yangtze River basin, but it generally only grows in the moist humus soil in the shade forest at an altitude of 600-2100 meters, that is, in the forest.
Because only the forest can provide enough soil moisture, light, and mineral nutrients for the host of the red winter snake mushroom to meet the nutritional conditions required by the host plant, once the forest is destroyed, or the growth environment of the red winter snake mushroom host is destroyed, the red winter snake mushroom will not be able to grow.
Therefore, only the protection of forests, the rational development and utilization of the resources of the red winter snake mushroom, the scientific use of medicine, for industrial and agricultural production, medical treatment, and services, should become a top priority. At the same time, if you encounter the red winter snake mushroom, you should also cherish it more and do not destroy its growth environment.