Houttuynia cordata, aliases have more than 20, such as Cen Cao ("Wu Yue Chunqiu"), Fern ("Farewell"), Fen ("Tang Materia Medica"), Bracken (Meng Xu), Purple Back Houttuynia Cordata ("Crawling Rock Materia Medica"), Purple Fern ("Emergency Prescription"), Fenzi ("Compendium"), Stinky Pig's Nest ("Medical Forest Compendium"), Ear Root ("Zunyi Mansion Chronicles"), Pig Nostrils ("Tianbao Materia Medica"), Jiujie Lotus ("Lingnan Herb Collection"), Heavy Medicine ("Modern Practical Chinese Medicine"), Dog Ear ("Guangzhou Flora"), Lung-shaped Grass (" Guizhou Folk Prescription Collection"), fish scale pearl grass, pig ear ("Fujian Folk Herbal Medicine"), autumn tail ("Zhejiang Traditional Chinese Medicine Handbook"), dog ear, stinky grass, wildflower wheat ("Jiangxi Folk Herbal Medicine"), stinky vegetables ("Chinese Medicine Chronicles"), hot grass ("Southern Yunnan Materia Medica"), stinky grass ("Zhejiang Folk Herbal Medicine"), stinky cordata ("Quanzhou Materia Medica"), stinky peony, stinky elixir, spicy grass, ** grass ("Hunan Medicine"), grass photo, red orange dynasty, stinky fern ("Mindong Materia Medica") and so on. It can be seen that Houttuynia cordata is used in a wide range.
In the past, as long as it was said that Houttuynia cordata would choose to escape, after arriving in Zunyi, Guizhou, I found that Houttuynia cordata here is a rare delicacy.
In fact, Houttuynia cordata is a widely used traditional Chinese medicine. The main function is to clear away heat and detoxify, diuresis and reduce swelling. There are many ways to eat Houttuynia cordata, mainly including cold Houttuynia cordata, Houttuynia cordata steamed chicken, Houttuynia cordata scrambled eggs, Houttuynia cordata fried shredded pork, Houttuynia cordata roasted pig lungs, Houttuynia cordata porridge, preserved flavor fried Houttuynia cordata, Houttuynia cordata pig lung soup, Houttuynia cordata fried bacon, etc.