The leaves are like lotus flowers, the roots are like ginseng, people call "ginseng fruit", if you meet in your hometown, please cherish it!
Nature is a very magical thing, not only has the natural beauty of the magic, but also the different forms of wild plants, but also a variety of wild vegetables that cannot be eaten, sour, salty, bitter, spicy, sweet and five flavors, delicious, fragrant and refreshing, unique flavor.
Today to share with you a very peculiar wild vegetable, its whole plant in a coarse mesh tiled on the ground, from a distance looks like a lotus, so it is named lotus dish, in fact, its scientific name is called goose down vegetable, this is because its leaves behind such as feathers, dense white fine cotton wool, like goose down, so it is called goose down vegetable.
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Lotus flower is a common wild vegetable in the countryside, almost all over the country, mostly wild in the roadside, fieldside, river beach sand, wet grassland and other places, for the rosaceae perennial creeping herb, the flower color is bright, with yellow flowers, very beautiful.
The young seedlings and young stems and leaves of lotus vegetables can be eaten as wild vegetables, can be fried, stuffed, etc., delicious taste, tender meat, no fishy, no greasy, juicy and delicious, is a wild vegetable often eaten by people in spring and summer, and is also a green and healthy natural vegetable.
In fact, the most popular lotus dish is its root, its root is a treasure, the shape is similar to the ginseng fruit, so everyone calls it "ginseng fruit", not only is it a very good soup ingredient, but also can be used to soak wine, with a certain tonic effect.
Ginseng fruit as its name, the effect is like ginseng, high medicinal value, with heat and detoxification, qi and blood, spleen and stomach effect, and ginseng fruit contains a lot of starch, carotene, vitamins, dietary fiber, protein and other nutrients, so often eaten, can do tonic work, has the effect of prolonging life.
This lotus dish is not only a young stem and leaf, or a tuber, are rare delicacies, while the nutritional value and medicinal value are extremely high, often eaten, improve blood circulation, adjust blood pressure, control the growth of cancer cells, but also anti-aging, anti-fatigue and other pharmacological activities, is a pure natural health care medicine dietary materials.
Now the lotus flower has bloomed yellow flowers, it is the season of picking lotus vegetables, friends in the countryside, if you meet this lotus dish in your hometown, please cherish it, whether it is a young stem or its tubers, the value is quite precious, do not miss it.