Living in the countryside every day to deal with weeds, in the eyes of our farmers, in addition to crops, other grasses and trees are weeds and weeds, the means of dealing with these weeds will be more cruel, either cut or poisoned with medicine, you must not know that in your eyes the weeds are worth a lot, ten times more expensive than the crops you have worked hard to grow. For example, a kind of weed often seen in the field is more valuable, can sell for about 22 yuan a catty, farmers in the field planting crops, often see this weed nearby, in fact, it is a valuable Chinese medicinal material, the name is called Thyme grass, alias milk grass, slender grass, green dragon grass and so on.
Thymus
In the past, the information in our rural areas was not smooth, resulting in local farmers becoming "blind", and many valuable Chinese medicinal materials that grew in the mountains and forests were not recognized. Fortunately, now that the Internet has developed to the countryside, farmers only need to consult the world's information at home, which greatly broadens the farmers' horizons, and the precious Chinese medicinal materials that were previously unknown have been revealed, no matter what kind of medicinal materials or agricultural products information they want to inquire, farmers only need to Baidu in the mobile phone to know it all. I didn't know this thyme grass before, only when it was a very common weed, I saw it when the weed was processed, until I saw the picture of the thyme grass on the Internet some time ago, I knew that this common weed was a valuable medicinal material.
I've always wanted to look for wild thyme grass to see if we have any more here, but since it was the busy time of threshing, I only had time to look for thyme grass yesterday, and after breakfast, I carried the hoe straight to the place where I remembered the thyme. The first thyme grass was found on the edge of the rice field, we are all terraces here, there are many wild grasses between the terraces, these wild grasses are hidden in the thyme grass, in the field to find half a day of thymus grass, the harvest is still a good drop, a large bundle, should not be less than 30 pounds of fresh grass.
Thyme grass in the field
A big bundle of thyme grass
After going home and eating lunch, the afternoon continued to search, but the afternoon destination was two streams in the village, I remember when I caught crabs in the creek before, I saw a lot of thyme grass, but after walking to the creek, I carefully searched for two hours and only picked more than 10 thyme grass, the result made me a little disappointed, it should be dug up a lot of herbs.
The medicinal value of Thymus is extremely high
Thyme belongs to the herb of the sandalwood family, the whole herb can be medicated, can be decoction soup medicine to take, can also be used to brew medicinal wine to drink, if it is used externally, it needs to be ground into a powder and adjusted. Thymus is rich in flavonins and mannitol and other ingredients, has the medicinal effects of clearing heat and relieving heat, tonifying kidney astringent and other medicinal effects, can treat heat stroke, tonsillitis, acute mastitis, pneumonia, lung abscess, upper respiratory tract infections, kidney weakness and low back pain, dizziness, sperm and other diseases.
Thymus vulgaris Chinese medicinal herbs
Cultivation and cultivation techniques of Thymus vulgaris
The thyme grass on the market is mainly wild, the wild thyme in the country is widely distributed, most of the regions have, whether it is the north or the south of the wild thymus, its adaptability is very strong, the whole country can be planted thymus, but the yield of thymus artificial planting is not high, resulting in a small area of artificial planting.
Thymus is a perennial herb, it takes two or three years from sowing to harvesting, Thymus likes to be sunny and warm, and also likes to grow in moist soil, but it is more tolerant of drought and cold, and has strong adaptability. Planting thyme requires the choice of loose and fertile loam soil, generally using seed seedling cultivation, from sowing to harvesting takes about two and a half years, the first year of sowing seedlings, the second year of harvesting mature seeds, the third year of May and June can be harvested, if you do not need seeds, you can also harvest in the second year. During the planting of Thyme, it should be noted that during the sowing period, attention should be paid to maintaining the humidity of the soil, and the temperature should not be too high, so that the seeds can germinate smoothly into seedlings. In the rapid growth period of Thymus, pay attention to maintaining sufficient sunlight, if you encounter the rainy season caused by too much rain, you need to remove the accumulated water in time, in addition to the need to do a good job in the prevention and control of pests and diseases, Thymus grass is more likely to get green blight, stem rot and leaf spot disease, insect pests are mainly to control nocturnal moths, red spiders and vegetable insects.
Artificially grown thymus
Now there are still more thyris in rural areas, if you have free time, you may wish to dig a little back, planted in front of the house behind the house, in case someone has heat stroke, you can also save the emergency. Of course, if you have too much thyme grass there, you can also dig it up and dry it at home, and then take it to the medicinal company to exchange some yuan.