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Today, the author shares this weed, although it is a common weed among the people, but it is very remarkable. It is the most "greedy for money" plant in the legend, known as the "golden grass", which is extremely cherished by insiders and has a high value, see if you know?
Speaking of gold, everyone knows that it is a good ornament and a precious ornament loved by female friends, which is not only expensive, but also represents wealth and happiness. The "golden grass" we share today is not gold, but the well-known horsetail grass in the countryside.
Horsetail grass is a very common kind of wild grass in rural areas, many people are relatively unfamiliar with the name of horsetail, but more familiar with aliases, such as knotweed, earth horsetail, eldergrass, pen grass, jointgrass, pen holder grass, hollow grass, continuous grass, male and female grass, etc., these aliases are more famous in the folk.
The reason why it is called "golden grass" is because it is a gold detector in nature, and it has a good ability to absorb gold. In the past, many gold prospectors relied on it to find gold, and legend has it that where the wattle grass grows vigorously, there may be gold underground, so it is called "golden grass".
It is a small or medium-sized fern of the equisetaceae family, which grows mostly in the shade and wetlands of fields, ditches, streams, valleys, shrubs, waterlogged depressions, saline-alkali lands, etc., and is widely distributed, and is distributed in most provinces and regions of the mainland, because it is more suitable for growing in a warm environment, mainly distributed in the southern part of the mainland.
The horsetail grass in our eyes is a green stem, and many people don't know how it grows. It is a fern that grows fertile branches every spring, and when its spores mature, the fertile branches wither before green stems emerge.
The stem of the horsetail grass is erect, about one meter high, the stem is hollow, and there are many stem nodes in the middle, these stem nodes are very unique, the top and bottom can be connected with each other, can be pulled out and can be inserted back one by one, so there is another name of "barge grass".
When asking whether the vitex grass is still a tender stem, it is also a kind of wild vegetable commonly eaten by the older generation, which can be used for stir-frying, cold dressing, making soup, etc., and can also be steamed with flour, which not only has a unique taste, but also contains rich nutrients, such as protein, crude fiber, carotene, vitamin C, niacin and other nutrients.
At the same time, the horsetail grass is also a Chinese herbal medicine with excellent efficacy, its medicinal whole herb, collected in summer and autumn, can be used fresh, can also be dried for later use, has the effect of reducing swelling and detoxification, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and has an effect on colds, urination, blood in the urine, five labor and seven injuries, dizziness, palpitations and weakness, diarrhea, dizziness, night blindness, boils and carbuncles and other diseases.
Now it is spring, the fertile branches of the horsetail grass are quietly emerging, because it grows extremely short, it is difficult for ordinary people to find its existence, but the insiders are extremely cherished it, it is a must to use it for cooking, it can enhance the body's immunity, and can also strengthen the body and reduce diseases, moisturizing and bodybuilding.
Dear friends, is there such a horsetail grass in your hometown? It is the most "money-greedy" plant in the legend, known as the "golden grass", which is extremely cherished by insiders and has a very high value. If you meet in your hometown, please cherish it!
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