Since ancient times, spring has been the season to eat wild vegetables, and although there are many types of wild vegetables, and there are different kinds of wild vegetables picked throughout the year, only spring has the most wild vegetables, and they are more delicious to eat. As the old saying goes, "Eat wild vegetables in the spring, and there is nothing to say about the freshness".
There are a lot of wild vegetables that can be eaten in spring, such as beneficial motherwort, camellia, Qingming cabbage, a little red, marantou, plantain, dandelion, goose intestine cabbage, Houttuynia cordata, yellow quail and so on. These are the wild vegetables that the people often eat, and they are also delicacies of the same origin as medicine and food.
Among the many wild vegetables, there is a kind of wild vegetables that the author eats every year, it is the "king of herbs" hidden in the spring, there are many on the roadside, and the use is very powerful, everyone must know it, this wild vegetable is the famous wormwood.
Speaking of wormwood, friends in the countryside should be very familiar, it can be said to be the most commonly eaten wild vegetables in our lives, and even many people cultivate, there are also ** in the market, now it is not only a wild vegetable, but also a kind of cultivated vegetables that are loved by everyone.
Wormwood because it is picked around May to use medicine, so in our local everyone calls it May wormwood, in the countryside roadside, fieldside, hillside, grassland, garden, riverside and other places can see its figure, especially the roadside is more common, and the distribution is quite wide, almost all over China.
Wormwood is a shrub-like herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae, up to more than 1 meter high, the whole plant is densely covered with gray pubescence, the leaves are pinnate and deeply lobed, the leaf surface is dark green, but the back of the leaf has gray-white short hairs, at this time it looks somewhat similar to the leaves of motherwort, which makes it difficult to distinguish.
The biggest difference between motherwort and wormwood is their smell, motherwort smells of no smell, while wormwood has a unique fragrance, this fragrance is particularly good, it is precisely because of its unique smell that it is really a must for cooking.
The young leaves of wormwood can be used in various ways, such as soup, fried eggs, boiled eggs, boiled noodles, shabu-shabu, etc., and can also be used to make mugwort pills, Qingtuan, glutinous rice cakes, etc., especially used to make Qingtuan, which is a rare delicacy in the world and has always been very popular.
Wormwood is a very strange plant, its young leaves have been very popular, but its plant is the older the more people love, every year in May is the season of a large number of collection of wormwood, people who understand it will dig some back to dry and store for later use, the role is very much.
In life, we can use it to make chicken soup to drink, and it can also be used to soak feet, which has a good health care effect on the body. In addition, the old leaves of wormwood can also be rubbed into mugwort, can also be made into mugwort, etc., it can be said that the whole body is a treasure, and it is helpful to men, women and children, so it has the reputation of "the king of herbs".
At the same time, the medicinal value of wormwood is very high, the use is very powerful, its whole herb can be used as medicine, with wet menstruation, dampness, cold dissipation, anti-inflammatory, cough, hemostasis, itching effect, menstrual irregularities, menorrhagia, migraine, rheumatism pain, asthma, chronic bronchitis and other diseases have a good curative effect.
Dear friends, is there this wormwood in your hometown? It is the "king of herbs" hidden in the spring, and there are many of them on the roadside, and the use is very powerful, and everyone must know it. If you meet in your hometown, it's the season to pick young leaves and make wild vegetables, so don't miss it.
Note: This article is a popular science article and does not constitute medication advice, please follow the doctor's advice!