In the countryside or in urban parks, there is a plant with leaves that resemble leeks, evergreen all year round, and friends who don't know it think it's leeks or orchid grass, maybe what you see is Mai Dong.
In fact, just from the appearance, leeks and wheat Dong are indeed very similar, and it is difficult to distinguish. But if you pull it out, it is easier to identify, the root of the leek is an ordinary plant root, and the wheat winter is different, its root has long ovoid particles on it.
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And it is not the same when it blooms, leeks bloom white, wheat winter blooms purple flowers, and the fruit is also blue. Because they are so similar to each other, Mai Dong is also called "wild leeks" by farmers.
Mai Dong is also called in some placesMaimendong, Cundong, Barley Winter, Fire Winter, Sichuan Wheat Winter, Jianmai Winter, Gandong, Grass along the Steps, Honeysuckle, Ninjaling, Immortal Grass, Yu Leek, Yu Surplus GrainWait.
Wheat Dong is a perennial herbaceous plant that likes to grow in the shade of mountain slopes, streams, and steps, so it also has the nickname of stepgrass, because it likes to grow on the side of steps.
Legend has it that after the success of Dayu's flood control, the farmers planted a bumper harvest of grain, and they couldn't eat it all. So Dayu ordered the excess grain to be poured into the river.
Unexpectedly, in the second year, a plant like leeks and wheat grew by the river, and its roots grew with particles, which can be eaten as grain, so in Yuzhou, there are also called wheat winter "Yu leeks" and "Yu surplus grain".
It is mainly distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Shandong, Hunan, Jiangsu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Yunnan, Henan and other places in China, and is a relatively common wild plant in rural areas in the past.
However, due to its high medicinal value, many people dig it, coupled with the excessive use of herbicides, resulting in the wild wheat winter is rare now, and most of the wheat winter is planted on the market, of which Sichuan is planted in large amounts.
Even so, artificially planted wheat Dong can be sold for more than 100 yuan a catty, which is enough to show the high nutritional value and folk recognition of wheat Dong. So what exactly does Mai Dong do? Why do so many people like to dig it?
Ophiopogon contains a variety of steroidal saponins, stigmasterol, high isoflavones, a variety of amino acids, polysaccharides, a variety of trace elements and other nutrients, which can enhance the body's immunity and lower blood sugar.
In fact, the ancients knew the value of wheat Dong for a long time, and it was recorded in many medical classics. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is also believed that it has the effect of nourishing yin and nourishing the body, moistening the lungs and clearing the heart, cooling the blood and detoxifying.
In "Shennong's Materia Medica", Mai Dong is listed as the top grade, and it is evaluated as "long-term clothing and light body, not old and not hungry".
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that Mai Dong "cools the blood, detoxifies fever and toxin, and benefits the large intestine." ”
In the folk, many old people in rural areas know the value of wheat winter, often dig its roots to make soup or soak in water to drink, the following is an introduction to several common folk ways to eat, for reference only.
Wheat Dong yam rabbit broth
Ingredients: 500g rabbit meat, 10g of wheat winter, 15g of yam, 10g of codonopsis, 5 red dates, appropriate amount of salt.
Put all the ingredients into Baoshan, add an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, and then turn to low heat and cook for 3 hours.
Rabbit meat has the effect of inhibiting blood cholesterol, with wheat dong and yam, it is nutritious, and can nourish yin, cool blood, and detoxify.
Mai Dong tea
Mai Dong can be directly soaked in water to drink, can also be mashed to soak in boiling water, and then filter out the residue as tea to drink, Mai Dong tea is beneficial to the stomach, constipation, thirst effect, people with bad stomach can try.
It can also be added to the wheat winterCodonopsis, North Sand Ginseng, YuzhuSoak in water and drink it together for a better stomach-nourishing effect. However, people with a cold stomach are not suitable for drinking wheat winter tea.
Of course, there are many ways to use wheat Dong in the folk, such as cooking porridge, stewing bone broth, etc., which are good nutritional and health tonics.
In the past, wheat winter could be seen everywhere in the countryside, and many people cleaned up the weeds, but it was a pity. Nowadays, the value of wheat is becoming more and more known, and it is as high as the tide, but now it is difficult to find wild wheat winter.
Do you still have Mai Dong in your hometown? If there is, please cherish and protect it, and only if it is properly harvested, so that it can make a lasting contribution to human health.