In a few days, spring will begin, and everything will begin to recover, and many plants will begin to sprout and grow crisp seedlings. Once a year, it's the season of picking wild vegetables, how can you get Houttuynia cordata when picking wild vegetables? Houttuynia cordata is a common plant in rural areas, and 20 years ago it was used as pigweed to feed pigs, but now it has become a delicacy on the table.
Houttuynia cordata, as the name suggests, is that this plant has a strong fishy smell after mashing the stems and leaves, so it is called Houttuynia cordata. The history of Houttuynia cordata is very long, and it was first recorded in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In Tao Hongjing's "Famous Doctors' Records" there is a record: "Raw wetland, the valley shade can also grow, the leaves are like buckwheat and fat, the stem is purple and red, Jiangzuo people are good at eating raw vegetables in Guanzhong, the leaves have a fishy smell, so it is commonly known as Houttuynia cordata", it can be seen that eating Houttuynia cordata has been since ancient times.
Houttuynia cordata, also known as folded ear root, bracken, stinky cabbage, pig nostrils, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Brackenaceae. There is a saying that although Houttuynia cordata has a fishy smell that makes it difficult for many people to accept, its value is very high, it can be said that the whole body is a treasure, it has three major functions, everyone should understand clearly.
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1. Houttuynia cordata is edible and is a very high-quality wild vegetable.
Houttuynia cordata has a fishy smell, but it has been a traditional wild vegetable since ancient times, and people who like to eat it abound. Especially in the Yunnan-Guichuan area, people's love for it has reached the point of fanaticism. According to statistics, 200,000 tons of Houttuynia cordata are consumed in Guizhou Province every year, of which 30,000 catties of Houttuynia cordata are eaten every day in Guiyang City alone, which shows that the local people love it. It is precisely because of this that wild Houttuynia cordata has long been in short supply, and artificial cultivation has begun to be planted in large quantities.
According to statistics, the area of Houttuynia cordata planted in China has exceeded 1 million mu, of which Dangyang City, Hubei Province, known as the "hometown of Houttuynia cordata in China", has a planting area of 430,000 mu, with an output value of nearly 2 billion.
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2. Houttuynia cordata can also be used to boil water to make tea.
Don't look at Houttuynia cordata has a strong pungent taste when it is fresh, but if you dry it in the shade, use it to make tea and boil water to drink. Then not only does it not have a fishy smell, on the contrary, it also has an aromatic aroma, similar to the smell of meat hanging, which is very good. Moreover, Houttuynia cordata itself is a plant of the same origin as medicine and food, and it is used to soak in water and drink, which has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, and improving immunity. It is very suitable for people who are hot and constipated, and it has many benefits.
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3. Houttuynia cordata can be used as a medicine and has high medicinal value.
Houttuynia cordata is a commonly used Chinese herbal medicine among the people, which has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis and reducing swelling. Houttuynia cordata has a very long history of medicine, which can be traced back to the Wei and Jin dynasties, and has a history of more than 1,800 years. Tao Hongjing, a famous medical scientist, has a written record of Houttuynia cordata in medicine in the "Catalogue of Famous Doctors".
In addition, it is also recorded in the "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "Houttuynia cordata treats pulmonary carbuncle cough with pus and blood, phlegm has a fishy smell, large intestine heat poison, and hemorrhoids", which shows that Houttuynia cordata has high medicinal value. If you encounter this plant in the wild, don't treat it as pigweed, you must dig it up and use it at home.
So the question is, since Houttuynia cordata is so valuable and the market space is large, is it too late to plant Houttuynia cordata now? In fact, the market for Houttuynia cordata has been expanding all the time, and more and more people are beginning to accept Houttuynia cordata. Just like snail noodles, many people rejected them at first, but now snail noodles shops are very common in the south. Therefore, it is never too late to plant Houttuynia cordata, and the most important thing is that Houttuynia cordata not only has good economic benefits, but also has a high yield.
At present, the general yield per mu of Houttuynia cordata is about 8,000 catties to 10,000 catties, but there are new varieties of new varieties bred in Dangyang City, planted in greenhouses, which can achieve two seasons of output a year, and the yield per mu can even be 280,000 catties. According to the current market price of 5 yuan a catty, the economic benefit per mu is as high as 140,000 yuan.
Well, that's all for today's article. Do you know anything about Houttuynia cordata? Do you like to eat Houttuynia cordata? If you have anything to say, you can leave a message in the comment area below and share your insights.