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Today, the weed that the author shares, it is flooded in the countryside, many people have seen it, but few understand it, and even often treat it as a weed. In fact, it is precious, and the older generation calls it "antipyretic grass", which is very useful.
This kind of wild grass, known as "antipyretic grass", is the water bamboo grass that everyone in the countryside is very familiar with. Because it grows in a place with water all year round, and its leaf shape resembles bamboo leaves, everyone calls it water bamboo grass, and in some places it is called bamboo leaf grass, bamboo grass grass, etc.
Actually, it has a very interesting botanical name called Duck Plant. There are many other names for duck plant, the most unforgettable is its flowers, because its flowers are blue, each petal has 2 pieces, looking from a distance, like a butterfly dancing, so it has the reputation of "emerald butterfly".
Duck plantar grass is an annual herbaceous plant of the duck plantar family Duck plant, which generally grows in places with water, such as field edges, roadsides, field wetlands, ditch edges, pond edges, etc., and is widely distributed, except for the northwest region, it is distributed all over the country.
Duck plantar grass is a very common kind of wild grass in the countryside, because it grows horizontally on the ground, and the stem can reach about one meter, and there are many roots on the stem node, so we see that the place where there is duck plantar grass grows in groups, and there are many people who have seen it.
The leaves of the duck plantar grass are alternate, ovate-lanceolate, the apex is short and pointed, it is thick fleshy, very soft to the touch, the surface color is emerald green, and the shape is like the shape of bamboo leaves, which is the origin of the name "bamboo leaf grass".
The most striking thing about the whole plant is its flowers, most of the flowers in nature are red, yellow, and white, but the color of the flowers is blue, like a blue elf. And its flowers are shaped like butterflies, how can it not be amazing?
Many people of the older generation know that the young stems and leaves of duck plantar grass are the "life-saving food" in the poor era, which can be used to make soup, stir-frying, etc., and can be made into dried vegetables if you can't finish eating, which is not only delicious to eat, but also quite rich in nutrients, which is incomparable to many vegetables.
Duck plantar grass is rich in protein, as well as sugar, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin C, vitamin B1, niacin, duck plant, mucilage and other nutrients.
At the same time, duck plantar grass also has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and purging fire, relieving heat and diuresis, reducing swelling and pulling out poison, and has curative effects on upper respiratory tract infection, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, dysentery, short urine, edema, carbuncle swelling and sores, trauma infection, poisonous mosquito bites and other diseases.
It has been found by modern medical research that duck plantar grass has inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus and octococcus, and has obvious antipyretic effect, which can not only prevent and treat colds, but also has an effect on fever, so it is called "antipyretic grass".
Dear friends, do you have this kind of duck plantar grass in your hometown? Its flowers bloom like butterflies, and it is flooded in the countryside, but it is called "antipyretic grass", but not many people know about it.
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