别称 | 章柳、山萝卜、见肿消、倒水莲、金七娘、猪母耳、白母鸡，胭脂草
功效 | 逐水消肿，通利二便
It is common in the entertainment industry that two people who are not related by blood look alike, and the audience calls it a face-to-face. The crowd will also see two people wearing the same brand or color of clothes, and the common people will be surprised to say that they collide shirts. Who knows that among the plants, there is also a kind of plant whose dry roots collide with ginseng, which looks like twins, but the effect is very different. Some people make profits by mistake, and some people are poisoned by mistake. It is a materia medica, which can be detoxified when used externally, and poisoned if not taken internally, it has a halo and a shade, which is also the two sides of the plant. What is so confusing is that it is a plant in the deep mountains - Shanglu.
Shang Lu, whose name sounds quite elegant, is the handsome son in ancient poetry in his mind. However, its appearance is diametrically opposed. Shanglu, Shanglu is a perennial stout herbaceous plant. The vitality of the Shanglu is very vigorous, the state is always luxuriant, prefers a warm and humid climate, hardy but not waterlogging, distributed at the foot of the mountain, in the forest, by the roadside and in front of the house, as well as in the plains, hills and mountains. It has a wide adaptability to soil, whether it is sandy soil or red loam soil, whether the soil is fertile or barren, it can grow luxuriantly. The suitable temperature for growth is 14~30 °C, the above-ground stems and leaves wither when the leaves fall in autumn and winter, and the underground fleshy roots can tolerate low temperatures of -15 °C. Because the morphology of the plant is very similar to that of the purslane family, it is commonly known as soil Korean ginseng or soil ginseng.
"The Book of Poetry Xiaoya" also wrote: "I do my own thing, and I pick up my words." Because of marriage, words are settled. Don't be a beast, and return to it. It means that a woman who has been snubbed by her husband walks back to her parents' house and secretly decides that since her husband does not treat me well, then I will never come back. Among them, the "蓫" in "Yan Cai Qi Xuan" refers to Shanglu, also known as rouge grass. Because it is related to appearance, rouge herb is a kind thing for women, and now seeing things and thinking about people shows that women are bored and abnormal. "Book of Songs" cloud: "The Divine Bird of Destiny, descending to give birth to business, refers to this divine bird." In the spring of the following year, the Xuanniao seed came. The Xihe people sowed seeds in the soil, and in a moment they took root, sprouted, flowered, and bore fruit. The leaves are like palms, the roots are like yams, the flowers are like willows, the fruits are like grapes, and the color is purple and gorgeous. Its leaves can be fed to sheep, flowers can be used to satisfy hunger, roots can be used as medicine, and fruits can be used as rouge. Xihe is very happy, and its beautiful name is cochineal. After that, the whole family of the He family was proud of the beauty of rouge dressing. Rouge is used for the face, rouge for the hands, rouge for the feet, rouge for the nails, and rouge for clothing. "Oriental rouge", Xi and tribal beauties also. Perhaps, the annatto really started from here, spread to all parts of the country, and came to the real folk from ancient legends.
It is also known as annatto, the name is so beautiful, its flowers, its fruits, but it is extremely ordinary and not mysterious. After entering the summer, it can grow to more than one meter high, the leaves are wide, the white flowers bear green fruits at the top, the fruit grows slowly, the longer the more "fat", each fruit is like a mini green pumpkin, the whole bunch looks, and looks like a bunch of green grapes, with the autumn wind blowing, the fruit is ripe, turning purple and black.
There are two sources of Shanglu included in the Continental Pharmacopoeia, Shanglu and Vertical Shanglu. However, there are four kinds of plants in China, namely Shanglu, Shanglu, Shanglu with multiple stamens and Shanglu with vertical order. It was first seen in the "Shennong's Materia Medica", which is said to be "pungent, flat, main water swelling, hernia, paralysis, ironing carbuncle swelling, killing ghosts and spirits." One swings roots, one screams at night. Raw Xianyang River Valley. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Shang Lu is bitter cold, sinking also, descending, and yin." "The Shanglu Continent has always existed, and it is also known as the local Shanglu. Vertical order Shanglu, also known as the American Shanglu, is a close relative of Bolai, native to North America, initially because of the good looks, it just drifted across the sea, guests from afar, because of its strong environmental adaptability, strong fecundity, flooding everywhere, and it is a perennial herbaceous plant, planted once, can be harvested for many years, its fruit is very large, less than thousands, more than 10,000 grains, the seeds are small, the surface is smooth, the berries will attract fruit eaters, especially birds, and then spread the seeds through feces. Today, it is included in the list of invasive alien species in China's natural system, but the native Shanglu can only be seen in the mountains.
Shanglu and Vertical Shanglu look alike, but they are very different. The biggest difference is that the vertical order Shang Lu pistil is consonate, and the Shang Lu pistil is separate, so Shang Lu is also known as Li Rui Shang Lu. The fruits and inflorescences of the Shanglu are upward and grow towards the sun, while the vertical Shanglu is drooping and grow towards the ground. Both types of commercial land are toxic, but the vertical commercial land is more toxic. In the poisoning incident, most of them mistakenly eat Shanglu as ginseng or wild vegetables, although Shanglu is an introduced species, but now it is widely distributed in the mainland, and its whole plant is poisonous, mainly in the roots, stems, leaves and fruits, such as accidental ingestion can easily cause poisoning reactions. The thick young stems of Shanglu can be eaten as vegetables, but after the Qingming Festival, the stems and leaves are lignified, and the numb flavor increases and cannot be eaten. If you can't distinguish them, let alone them, don't eat them. It is also known as "wild ginseng", its rhizome is thick, very similar to ginseng and kudzu, and is often mistaken by some people for "native ginseng" to dig up and make soup and drink and poison, its rhizome is the most toxic.
Sometimes I think that if a plant has a mind, it must be its roots. The roots of any kind of grass and trees are silently experiencing the unknown course of life, and it will also become an epic, although there are no words, it is very brilliant. In fact, the various ethnic groups in human history, as well as the search for roots in different periods, are all inspired by the roots of plants and trees. The roots are the source of life of plants, and the strong and developed root system is the basis for plant growth. It can be seen that the root is important. Shanglu's roots interpret the meaning of their lives with their positive brilliance and negative stories.
I saw a news story about a college student who went to take pictures with her friends in the pine forest of the school, she loved to observe, she found a lot of wild vegetables on the ground, she started to take pictures, and she was distracted by patting, she saw a plant that looked like ginseng, and she wanted to dig it up. The soil is very loose, and she pulls out a "ginseng" when she pulls it, she has never eaten ginseng, driven by curiosity, after she took a bite, it was a little astringent, like a raw potato. After returning to the dormitory, she felt sleepy, and she didn't change her clothes, so she fell asleep on the pillow. She slept from about 4 p.m. to 9 a.m. the next morning, when the alarm clock in class woke her up. Before she went to bed, she posted a short video of herself digging up "ginseng" on social platforms, which caused heated discussions after it was spread. After she woke up, she saw someone leaving a message: "Ginseng is fibrous root, you are shooting Shanglu or red stem, the whole plant is poisonous." Later, she was contacted by the media, and she provided the reporter with photos of the cuts and rhizomes of the plants she ate. Later, it was confirmed by a professional doctor that it was undoubtedly Shanglu. The doctor said: "This student seems to have slept for a while, but it is actually a poisoning reaction, which is actually very dangerous. After waking up, the amount of consumption is not large, and the toxicity itself is metabolized by the body itself and gradually recovered, and the person is awake and regains consciousness. ”
Shanglu is poisonous, and it has been recorded in the "Dictionary of Chinese Herbal Medicine" that its roots can be used medicinally. Bitter in taste, cold in nature, and poisonous. It has the functions of water repellent, detoxification, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and swelling. It is used for edema, fullness, oligouria, constipation, external treatment of carbuncle swelling and sores, beriberi, and laryngeal paralysis. Poison is poisonous, but it is also a virtue to be able to heal diseases. The fruit of Shanglu looks like a purple "grape", and some people call it a "poisonous grape". It's just that every kind of plant has the meaning of its growth, although Shanglu is poisonous, but the medicinal value is high, its roots are used in medicine, and the white hypertrophy is better, and the red root is highly toxic, and it is used externally to reduce swelling.
In the early years, I saw a pustule on my neighbor's thumb, and the swelling made it difficult for him to sleep, so he had no choice but to visit the old Chinese medicine doctor in the town, and the old Chinese medicine doctor saw it and said easily: "It's no big deal, it's nameless and swollen and poisonous, Shang Lu mashes it and adds some vinegar and applies it to the affected area." The neighbor was puzzled and asked suspiciously: "Just use a medicine?" The old Chinese medicine doctor nodded and said: "Fighting poison with poison can reduce swelling with a blind business." "After three days of compressing according to the instructions of the old Chinese doctor, the swelling and poison actually subsided. In fact, Shanglu can pour down and chase water, and it can also reduce swelling and dissipate knots, it is a bitter cold medicine, and bitter cold treats real heat. In the early 60s of the 20th century, the country was in difficulty, many women suffered from breast enlargement, Shang Lu played the ability to reduce swelling by water, Shang Lu from no one cared about it to a hot commodity, breast stolen patients ate up the country's inventory, and even some people used scopole to pretend to be Shang Lu. Nowadays, modern pharmacological studies have found that Shanglu contains a variety of active substances, which can be antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, anti-tumor, and immune enhancement, and can treat thrombocytopenic purpura, acute and chronic nephritis and other diseases.
There are so many dangers lurking in Shanglu, and its medicinal effects have been discovered thousands of years ago. It is said that Cao Cao suffered from headaches, and someone recommended the famous doctor Hua Tuo to him. Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, and in order to test Hua Tuo's medical skills, he gave him a question, a sixteen-sentence poem, and each answer was a traditional Chinese medicine. One of the sentences was: "Thirty divided by five", Hua Tuo replied with understanding: Shang Lu. This is a Materia Medica riddle full of wisdom that is impressive!
Think about my first acquaintance with it and the story. In a small restaurant in a mountain village, I have always felt that the footsteps are in the mountains and forests, and the diet should also be synchronized with wild vegetables, and I ordered stir-fried Shanglu for lunch, but unfortunately I didn't know its name at that time, and the fat leaves were silky and silky, and I instantly felt the difference in it. After asking the boss, I remembered its name, and the boss told me: "It is also called chervil, and it is said to be poisonous, and it is eaten in the countryside in the spring." There are only two kinds of people who cannot eat it, people with a weak spleen and pregnant women. The boss also told me: "I heard that the fake Korean ginseng is dyed and imitated after steaming in Shanglu, and the fake gastrodia is made by steaming and pinching in Shanglu, and the toxicity of Shanglu's rhizome is lost after high temperature, and it will not be poisoned when eaten, but the condition can not be treated with medication, and the money is spent not to mention, and the condition is delayed." ”
I was taken aback, and after that, I paid special attention to the information related to Shanglu, and I was also full of suspicions about the ginseng and gastrodia sold in the market.
Now that I think about it, I am a little scared and a little lucky, but I ate Shanglu but was not poisoned. The poisoning incidents brought about by not understanding the nature of plants have made me feel that don't underestimate the power of plants, and don't easily taste unfamiliar plants.
(The picture comes from the Internet)