Hello everyone, I'm nutritionist He Haizhen. The author is a native of the countryside and a lover of Chinese herbal medicine. Follow me and share with you all kinds of wild grasses common in the countryside every day to learn more about herbal medicine.
Today, the author shares with you this kind of weed, everyone will be familiar with it, it is a natural delicacy often eaten by the people. It is the Qingming dish known as "bird's nest in the grass", because its eating time is around the Qingming Festival, so it is named Qingming dish.
Speaking of Qingming cuisine, you will think of Qingming fruit, which is a must-eat delicacy on the day of Qingming Festival in many folk areas, and it tastes fragrant and glutinous. At the same time, Qingming fruit is also a standing tribute to the ancestors, and this fine tradition is still passed down today.
The name Qingming cuisine is also widely spread among the people, in fact, its botanical name should be called rattle. Do you see if the leaves look very similar to the ears of a mouse, and it also has yellow flowers, and the flowers are similar in color to the koji, hence the name of the rattle.
Because the surface of the leaves of the rattle grass is covered with white fluff and feels soft to the touch, it has the nickname of rattle cotton. In addition, Rage Grass, Buddha Ear Grass, Hairy Ear, Artemisia Qingming Annua, Yellow Flower White Artemisia, Yellow Flower Grass Grass, Tian Artemisia, White Miscanthus, White Head Grass, etc. are its aliases.
Rage is an annual herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family, which can be seen in moist places such as ridges, roadsides, grasslands, ditches, streams, and banks. In particular, it is most common in rice paddies, and it is a large area as soon as it grows, and it looks like a white expanse from a distance.
Anyone who has seen rattle grass knows that its leaves are covered with many white fine hairs, and whenever it rains, its hairs will be transparent, like a soaked bird's nest, so it is called "bird's nest in grass" by many people, a very vivid name.
When the young leaves are still young, the sagebrush grows extremely short, and it grows in clusters, which is particularly lush. But when it blooms, its tip will be densely populated with many small head-shaped inflorescences, which are umbrella-like and yellow, like a sea of yellow flowers, which is very dazzling.
Now is the season of the flowering of rattle grass, the old people who understand it are picking, this kind of yellow flowers like koji can be dried to make flower tea, used to make tea and drink many benefits, not only the tea is bright, and there is a fragrant taste to drink, and at the same time there is a health care effect of strengthening the body, moisturizing and bodybuilding, and preventing colds.
Modern medicine has proved that rattle grass has the effect of antitussive, expectorant, rheumatism and blood pressure, and has curative effects on asthma, bronchitis, cold, cough, asthma, hypertension, rheumatism and leg pain, rheumatism, phlegm, urticaria, bruises and other diseases.
It is precisely because of the fact that rattle grass has so many effects, so it has always been very popular among the people, whether it is its young leaves or flowers are extremely cherished, young leaves can be used as vegetables, flowers can be used as flower tea, the whole herb can be used as medicine, the effect is very great.
Dear friends, do you have this kind of rattle grass in your hometown? It is known as "bird's nest in grass" among the people, and now it is blooming, and people who know it are picking it, and there are many benefits of drying it to make tea. If you meet one in your hometown, don't miss it!
Note: This article is a popular science article and does not constitute medication advice, please follow the doctor's advice!