Chinese herbal medicine has a long history of medicinal use in mainland China, and has made outstanding contributions in the era when Chinese medicine was prevalent in the past. Although the level of medicine in the mainland is becoming more and more developed, many common Chinese herbal medicines are still passed down to this day and are widely popular among the people.
Some herbs are also natural green delicacies with the same origin as medicine and food, and many people will grow them in rural areas, such as mugwort leaves, Qingming vegetables, plantain, houttuynia cordata, oak orchid, duck foot mugwort, dandelion, etc., these are the wild vegetables that are often eaten by the people, and they are also Chinese herbal medicines with excellent efficacy.
Today, the wild vegetable shared by the author, it is also a good product of the same origin as medicine and food, which is very famous in the countryside, and many people in the village can grow it. This kind of wild vegetable has a very precious name in the folk, it is the legendary "gold does not change", what is precious?
Gold is not exchanged, as the name suggests, it means that gold is not exchanged. Anyway, gold is so expensive now, how can you not want to change it? However, in the past, when there was a shortage of medical treatment and food, this kind of wild vegetable happened to be more useful, and its medicinal value was also extremely high, so it was called "gold does not change".
The name Jin Buchang is just a common name for it in many folk areas, in fact, its botanical name is basil. But many people don't know the scientific name of basil, and it is still a well-known nickname called the nine-story tower, which is named according to the shape of its inflorescence.
Basil is an annual herbaceous plant of the genus Lamiaceae, also known as basil, sweet basil, mille-feuille, orchid, vanilla, provincial head grass, tassel grass, tonka incense, etc., mainly distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Henan, Guizhou, Shanxi, Liaoning and other provinces and regions in the mainland.
Basil is a kind of wild vegetable that people often eat, because it likes to grow in a warm environment, it is heat-resistant and drought-resistant, but it is not waterlogg-resistant, and the soil requirements are not strict, and it is wild in the roadside, the edge of the field, the ditch, the valley, the understory and other shady and humid places, and many people have cultivated it now.
Anyone who knows basil knows that its leaves are opposite, oval or ovate-lanceolate, emerald green in color, and resemble mint in shape, so it is also known as wild mint and mint grass. Basil's wheel-shaped inflorescences are apical, often with 6 to 10 layers, and the flowers are layered and whorls, which is the origin of the name "Nine-Story Tower".
The biggest feature of the whole basil plant is its smell, picking its leaves and smelling it will give you an aromatic smell. It is precisely because of its unique smell that it has good edible value and medicinal value, so it is very popular among the people.
The young stems and young leaves of basil are edible, and they are often used in life with other meat and vegetable dishes to stir-fry, especially fried snails, scrambled eggs, fried fish, boiled eggplant, etc., plus some basil, which can not only increase freshness, but also have a cool feeling, and the smell is fragrant, and it tastes unique.
At the same time, the medicinal value of basil is not to be underestimated. Its whole herb can be used as medicine, with the effect of invigorating blood and dampness, eliminating food and removing filth, dispelling wind and qi, detoxifying and relieving pain, and has certain curative effects on external headache, bad breath, flatulence and gas stagnation, abdominal pain, diarrhea, menstrual irregularities, skin eczema, dermatitis and other diseases.
Dear friends, do you have this kind of basil in your hometown? It is the legendary "gold does not change", it is very famous in the countryside, and everyone in the village will plant it, and its value is quite precious. If you meet it in your hometown, you can transplant it and bring it home to plant, and the effect of medicine and food homology is good.
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