Most of the friends who grew up in the countryside, when they were children, they would have picked wild fruits, after all, the previous rural living conditions were not very good, neither money to buy snacks to eat, nor money to buy toys to play, but at that time the rural environment was many, wild plants, naturally there will be a lot of wild fruits, some of these wild fruits are very delicious, some can not eat but can play, so in order to understand the hunger, many rural babies will go to the mountains to run, looking for those who can eat and play wild fruits.
When it comes to the wild fruits that can be eaten, I believe that many friends who grew up in the countryside can say so many kinds, such as thorn bubbles, dates, golden cherry seeds, wild sweet potatoes, etc., but how much do you know about the wild fruits that can be played?
In this issue, the author will share with you a wild fruit that can be played, it resembles a date, a dozen pounds of children, the core can be used to make hand strings, the flesh can also go to frostbite, and it is also a real result in recent times, you can understand it.
Speaking of dates, everyone should be no stranger, red dates, winter dates are dates, very common in life, not only delicious, high nutrition, deeply loved by people, but there is a kind of jujube in the wild fruit that many people have not seen, or seen or not necessarily recognized, it is neem.
Neem is actually the fruit of neem, a neem plant in the neem family, whose fruit resembles a jujube, so it is also commonly known as "neem jujube" or "neem jujube" in many rural areas.
However, although neem has the appearance of a date, it does not have the inner nature of a date, because neem cannot be eaten as a fruit like a date, nor can it be eaten like wild fruits such as mulberry, jujube, and thorn bubble.
As for why neem cannot be eaten, it can be seen from its name. Dates such as red dates, winter dates and so on are sweet, and the taste of neem is sour and bitter, not only that, but also poisonous, if you accidentally eat it, there will be nausea, vomiting and other poisoning reactions. Of course, as far as the bitter taste of neem is concerned, it is estimated that no one can eat it.
Although neem cannot be eaten, it was very popular with rural babies in the past. The author still remembers that when I was a child, every year when the neem was ripe, many rural babies would take a small cloth bag to the mountains to pick up the neem, and it was more than a dozen pounds. When it is retrieved, the flesh of the peel is removed, leaving only the core.
The fruit left behind by neem is mainly used to make hand strings, which is also a common thing for rural babies in the past. The core of neem generally has 5 corners, some also have 6 corners, and the most important thing is that its core has a hole in the middle, which is suitable for wearing things. Therefore, in the past, many rural children would pick up a bunch of bitter neem and use it to wear bracelets, chains, etc. as toys. As for the older generation, sometimes they will wear a few bracelets to play with, or wear curtains or the like.
Of course, if neem only has this one use, it will seem meaningless, in addition to its core can be used as a bracelet, the flesh is also of great use, is a traditional Chinese medicinal material in China. In the "Lingnan Medicine Collection", it is recorded: "Decoction and washing can cure hand and foot explosion and frostbite." ”
Because the author often had frostbite on my hands when I was a child, I also personally experienced the role of neem, probably boiled water with its pulp, washed for 2 or 3 years, and never had frostbite in winter, it can be said that neem is still useful in removing frostbite.
Neem is widely distributed in China, north to Hebei, south to Guangxi, Jiangxi, Yunnan, west to Sichuan and other places are distributed, mostly in rural mountains, wilderness, its fruit period is generally in October to December. You can understand, if you see neem, you can also pick some and come back to make a hand string to play.
Friends, do you know Neem? Have you made a bracelet with neem? Welcome to leave a message to communicate Oh!
Source: Dai Dai's Rural Life
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