There are many plants in the countryside, and no matter how valuable these plants are for people who don't know them, they are just weeds. And for those who understand the value of these plants, every plant is a treasure and can be used. Among the many wild plants, there is such a plant, its leaves resemble the ears of a mouse, and it often appears in front of and behind houses in rural areas. Farmers in rural areas often pick its whole grass to make baba to eat, and it is rattle.
Rage grass, also known as Bergamot grass, Artemisia annua, cotton cabbage, hairy ear, it is an annual herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family and Rage grass. This plant is very common in rural areas, often found in wheat fields, so rattle grass is not well received by farmers. Therefore, its presence tends to absorb nutrients from winter crops, resulting in reduced crop yields. The stalk of the stalk is erect, with creeping branches at the base, and thick white hairs. If you break it, you will find that where it is broken, there will be white threads attached, just like eucommia.
Its leaves are grayish-green, alternate, obovate, spoon-shaped or spoon-shaped. The leaves show white hairs and look white and fluffy from a distance. If you rub it in your hands, you will smell it with your nose and it will have a strong fragrance. The flowering period of R. sagebrush is from January to April, the inflorescence is golden yellow or yellow or light yellow, and the fruiting period is from August to November of the following year. It is recorded in the "Catalogue of Famous Doctors": "Rat ear grass, born in the middle and lower ground, thick leaves and fat stems", in addition to the "Materia Medica", it is also recorded: "Rat Grass, life and land are cooked." More than a high ruler, there are white hairs and yellow flowers", which is talking about the plant of rattlegrass.
Rage grass is widely distributed, basically distributed in all provinces of China, commonly found in farmland or wheat fields, and also has its figure in front of and behind the house. In fact, from an agricultural point of view, rattle grass is strictly a pest because it can lead to a decrease in the yield of winter crops, such as wheat. However, it cannot be denied its value, and it has three main functions. List of high-quality authorsClause.
1. Rat grass is a wild vegetable and can be eaten.
In China, there has been a Xi of eating wild vegetables since ancient times, and people will go to the wild to pick wild vegetables to eat every spring. The rattle grass grows seedlings in spring, and its young leaves can be picked to eat in spring, and scrambled eggs can be said to be the author's favorite. However, because rattle grass has no leaves, it is generally used to make green balls or make baba to eat. Gu Jingxing of the Qing Dynasty recorded in "Praise of Wild Vegetables": "Rat koji grass is born in February, the leaves are like mouse ears, and rice is pounded into cakes, and the northerners are still cold and foody."
Because the best season to eat rattle grass is around the Qingming Festival, the rat grass is also called Qingming dish by the folk people, and the made baba is called Qingming kueh or Qingming baba. In the author's hometown of Hunan, there is a Xi of picking rattle grass to make baba in the first month, but now the older generation is slowly getting old, and it has not been many years since they made baba.
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2. Rage has extremely high medicinal value.
Rat koji herbs and foods are homologous, it is not only a high-quality wild vegetable in spring, but also has very high medicinal value. In the "Rihuazi Materia Medica", it is recorded that the rattle grass has the functions of regulating and benefiting qi, stopping discharge, removing phlegm, pressing qi, and removing heat and cough. Therefore, in the countryside, if you accidentally catch a cold in winter, you will have a bad cough. Farmers who understand the value of this plant will go to the farmland to pick this plant and use it.
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3. Rage grass is a high-quality forage grass and is loved by poultry.
The stems and leaves of rattle grass are tender and juicy before they bear fruit, and it can be eaten not only as a wild vegetable. In fact, animals can also be eaten, especially the pigs, cows, sheep, chickens and ducks at home can't put it down, and they don't get tired of eating it every day. When I was young, I liked to run to the farmland that had already dried up, because the rattle grass was a large patch when it grew, and it was very easy to fill the basket.
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