#Sannong Golden Autumn Good Things Festival ##烟火乡村话丰年 #
Introduction: "Cough buster", the toad grass harvest is just in time, please harvest, eat and boil
Speaking of toads, everyone is not unfamiliar with it, especially friends who have lived in the countryside, in the ditch behind the house in front of the rural house, as soon as the big rain gutter is full of water, the toad will come out, the toad is lazy, crawling slowly, crawling for a while, watching us anxious, the toad is very calm, there is no frog vigilance, not very afraid of people. However, the biggest feature of the toad is that the skin of the folded shape of its body surface is uneven, like the body has a scar like a leper, and the toad grass we are talking about today is derived from the skin of this wild grass leaf like a toad, there are many folds, uneven, hence the name. However, this kind of weed, which is not proud of its appearance, is the folk earthwork "cough buster", and today we will share and discuss it together.
Toad grass, many aliases, this alias is based on the role of people in different places, indicating that this weed is widely used by people, whether it is when wild vegetables are eaten or cough when boiling and drinking water, are accepted by people. Aliases include wrinkled fur grass, lychee grass, soul grass, snow grass and so on.
Toy grass is generally more recognizable, is a biennial cluster of wild herbs. Its leaves are oblong or lanceolate, with circular serrated edges. The leaves are uneven on the front like the skin of a toad, emerald green, and the back is grayish white, with soft hairs on both sides. When the toad grass grows, the plant is about 30 cm to 80 cm tall. It can be picked as a wild vegetable when it is tender.
Spring is the time when wild vegetables are most concentrated, because wild vegetables are very tender from the beginning of spring. And toad grass is also one of the wild vegetables that people must dig up, however, toad grass not only does not look good, the taste is not bad, according to ancient books said that toad grass "flat, spicy, non-toxic", so the taste of toad grass is a little bitter.
Generally in the spring to dig up toad grass can be taken home to clean up, after boiling water, the bitter taste is lighter, and then fried with eggs, is a spring country flavor.
However, the toad grass is remembered for its efficacy, according to the ancient book "Sichuan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine" recorded, "clear lung fever from here to see, toad grass is still a very precious Chinese herbal medicine, and in the countryside, there is a long cough to dig up toad grass, wash and dry, when you want to use it to boil and drink water, this method is widely spread."
However, the toad grass to late autumn, especially after the frost season, the weather after the frost and then harvest is better, because the toad grass is not afraid of cold, which is related to its alias "snow grass", after the frost, the surrounding weeds are yellow, and only the toad grass is still green, so it is easy for us to look for it in the wild.
At this time, the toad grass is a little old when eaten, the taste is more bitter, the taste is not good, and now it is very good to dig home to clean and dry, boil and drink water.
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