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A friend asked what the use of desmodium, which is common by the river.
"Desmodium" is a common name, and different places may represent different plants. For example, coriander, centella asiatica, horseshoe gold, road yellow, etc.
Look at the picture of a friend, it's coriander. Today, let's talk about this kind of "coriander", which is commonly known as "money grass".
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Coriander is also called wild coriander, starry, broken copper coin, goose does not eat grass, etc., Apiaceae coriander is a perennial herbaceous plant.
According to the data, it grows in wetlands and forests at an altitude of 475-3000 meters, and is mostly planted in Zhejiang, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan and other regions of the mainland.
Coriander likes to grow in damp places, and can be seen in rivers, ditches, streams, and damp woodlands, and is known as a "rural ground cover plant". However, the coriander plant contains more water, the stems and leaves are delicate, and it is not resistant to stepping on.
Coriander has a strong vitality and grows into a piece easily. And its leaves are chic, the ornamental performance is also good, many landscaping rockery, like to plant this kind of grass.
If you want to plant in a pot, choose a shallow pot to raise in water, and when you grow up, the stems and vines will hang down along the edge of the pot, which is very beautiful.
There are also some gardening enthusiasts who like to use it to make plant micro-landscapes, and it is quite chic to make!
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Medicinal and edible use
The nutritional value of the coriander is very high, the young shoots are edible, and when it comes to how to eat, there are more soups. I haven't eaten it, and it's said to taste bitter.
In addition to being edible, the medicinal value of Coriander is also quite high.
Coriander can be used as a medicine, fresh or dried in the shade, and many Chinese herbal medicine monographs have records of coriander.
After checking it, I was more interested in the local method of using fresh grass to mash juice to treat urticaria in "Fujian Chinese Herbal Medicine" and "Jiangxi Herbal Medicine" to treat whooping cough with fresh grass.
My two children, as soon as they go back to their hometown, have "itchy bumps" on their bodies, and the second brother who is the doctor says that it is hives. In severe cases, applying ointment doesn't work much, and it's fine to come back for a few days. Maybe it's because I play in the sand and dirt in the countryside, and I like to run in the grass.
So when you see the recipe for hives, it's easy to be touched.
Whooping cough was when I was a child, often got it, a cough in a winter, a cough in a spring, very annoying, I think if I had known about the plant of coriander earlier, I might have thought about being a "guinea pig"!
Joke is joke, after all, "it is a medicine with three points of poison", this day coriander is also poisonous, don't eat it casually, whether it is as a wild vegetable or as a Chinese herbal medicine, when eating, you should still be cautious, it is best to listen to the advice of professionals!
Remark:
1. Some of the pictures are from the Internet, invaded and deleted!
2. This article does not constitute medication advice, please follow the doctor's advice.
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Heart-Beads: Intermediate Agronomist, Plant Lover. Welcome to "Wandering Grass and Trees" to share plant knowledge and experience the beauty of the countryside. The heart of grass and trees, the taste of the countryside, savoring, wandering!