Introduction: Flowers bloom like wine cups, commonly known as “chicken drinking”, and the roots are of high value. Do you know it?
The countryside is dominated by weeds, and there are all kinds of weeds, especially in this season of recovery, when weeds that have not been seen for a long time are also emerging from the soil. Out. The grass has changed into emerald green clothes, and the grass is green again all year, and there is a green scene everywhere.
In spring, not only the grass is green, but also all kinds of wild flowers are blooming, like the dandelion that everyone eats with yellow flowers, and the motherwort, which is common in the field, is also blooming beautifully. Small white flowers, another annual spring bloom.
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Among them, there is a very strange flower blooming in the countryside. The flower crown is purple and the shape of the flower is like a wine glass, so it is commonly known as “chicken drinking”. It has aliases such as “old man drinking”. In fact, its scientific name is Rehmannia glutinosa, named after the yellow stems of its underground stems.
Rehmannia glutinosa is a perennial herb of the genus Scrophulariaceae. It is not tall, only about 30 cm, and the leaves are wrinkled. It is mostly wild on hillsides, foothills, roadsides, grasslands, walls, wastelands, etc. It is a relatively rare wild plant in rural areas.
Anyone who knows Rehmannia glutinosa knows that it is very beautiful when it blooms, and its core is very sweet. When I was a child, I often picked the flower and sucked it into my mouth, and the juice inside was very sweet. , so many people call it “mother sucking”.
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As we all know, Rehmannia glutinosa is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine with excellent efficacy, which is one of the traditional Chinese herbal medicines. , Rehmannia glutinosa, Rehmannia glutinosa, and Rehmannia glutinosa have different effects, each with its own role.
Rehmannia glutinosa has the effect of clearing heat and promoting body fluid, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, while rehmannia glutinosa has the effect of clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and promoting body fluid, while rehmannia glutinosa has the effect of nourishing blood and nourishing essence. The efficacy of marrow. It can be used for soreness and weakness of waist and knees, liver and kidney yin deficiency, night sweats and nocturnal emission, internal heat and thirst, chlorosis due to blood deficiency, dizziness, tinnitus, gray hair and other diseases, so it is called “man’s grass”.
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Rehmannia root tubers can also be used for cooking, porridge, etc. Its flowers can also be picked to make drinks, preserved fruits, etc., and can also be dried in the shade and soaked in water to nourish yin and kidney , The effect of regulating menstruation and nourishing blood, has a certain health care effect on the body.
I didn’t expect this kind of small snack that I often picked and eaten when I was a child, its root value is so high. Dear friends, do you have this kind of rehmannia in your hometown? do you know it? If your hometown also has it, please pay attention to it in time.