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 weed shared by the author, presumably many people know it, and even eat it as a wild vegetable, but not many people know its value. Because its leaves grow as fat as a cow's tongue, many people call it "cow's tongue grass" in the folk, a leaf like its name.
In fact, its botanical name is also known to everyone, it is the famous plantain in the countryside. It has a variety of aliases for plantain, such as tea grass, money grass, toad grass, pig ear grass, shrimp and toad clothes, wheel vegetables, etc.
Speaking of plantain, we all know that its young leaves are a kind of wild vegetables often eaten by the folk, every year the author will pick some to make vegetables to eat, although there are many ways to eat, but the author's favorite way to eat is to chop and fry eggs, the method is simple and nutritious, everyone likes to eat.
Plantain can also be directly stir-fried, made into soup, boiled noodles, shabu-shabu, etc., it tastes fragrant and delicious, and the nutritional content is incomparable to many vegetables. In addition to being used as a wild vegetable, plantain can also be dried to make tea, which is also an indispensable natural herbal tea raw material in many folk areas in summer.
In the past, plantain was not only a kind of "food for hunger", but also because of its special effect, it saved the lives of countless people, so plantain is famous all over the world for its unique medicinal effect, and it has been widely spread among the people, and many people have benefited from it.
As we all know, plantain has a good diuretic effect, so it also has another name for "diuretic" in folk. In fact, plantain not only has the effect of diuretic drenching, but also has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, cooling the blood and detoxifying, and has curative effects on a variety of diseases in the body.
For example, our common phlegm, fever, cough, poor urination, drenching under the cloudy zone, summer dampness and diarrhea, blood in the urine, vomiting blood, blood, liver fever and redness, sore throat, prostatitis, bronchitis, asthma, carbuncle swelling and sores and other diseases have a certain effect.
Plantain is a plantain of the plantain family, and we can see it on the roadside when we come to the countryside. In addition, there are wild fields on the edge of fields, meadows, ditches, river beaches, and village edges. Because of its cold and drought resistance, strong adaptability, and low soil requirements, it is widely distributed in the mainland and almost all over the country.
The leaves of plantain are rooted, with long stalks, and the leaves are often equal to the petioles, the leaves are smooth, oval, with wavy edges, and the leaves often have 5 permanent veins, and the color is emerald green. When ripe, several long spikes will grow, which are a little curved, like the tail of a mouse, which is very interesting.
Although the plantain grows not very tall, the plant height is only about 15 centimeters, but its value is not small, people who understand it cherish it very much, it can be used as wild vegetables to eat, and can be dried to make tea to drink, and can also be used to treat diseases, it is a rare and excellent weed among the people.
Dear friends, do you have this plantain in your hometown? It is called "ox tongue grass" among the people, and there are many of them on the roadside, and the older generation is picking them, and the value is quite precious. If you meet in your hometown, please cherish it!
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