Introduction: Known as “pig’s ear grass”, it is rich in vitamins, delicious and nutritious, and it is also a natural conditioner
Nature is really amazing. Not only does it endow human beings with many wild plants, but also the shapes of these plants have their own characteristics.
There are Rehmannia glutinosa with flowers like wine glasses, Golden Retriever ferns with rhizomes like Golden Retrievers, Gas palms with leaves like palms, Mopan grass with fruits like grinding discs, and Every plant has its own differences, such as stubble grass, which has no leaves, no flowers and no fruit.
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This plant that I share with you today also has very distinctive leaves and looks like pig ears, so everyone calls it “pig’s ear grass”. It looks like spinach when it goes up, so it is also called “wild spinach”.
Actually, its scientific name is sorrel, also known as rhubarb, goat’s hoof, sour mother, ox tongue grass and other aliases, Ni is a perennial herb of Polygonaceae sorrel, high It can reach about 100 cm. It is mostly wild on hillsides, forest edges, ditch edges, wastelands, and damp low-lying places beside roads. It is a very common weed in rural areas.
In the past, sorrel used to be a good feed for pigs, and pigs liked it very much. They grew very fast and had strong legs. Fat pig grass”.
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In fact, its young leaves are also wild vegetables that poor farmers often eat. They can be used for stir-frying, cold salad, stuffing, soup, etc. It is delicious, delicious and nutritious. It contains Rich in nutrients, such as protein, carotene, oxalic acid and various vitamins, especially vitamin C and vitamin A.
At the same time, sorrel also has certain medicinal value. Its medicinal whole herb and root have the functions of cooling blood to stop bleeding, diuretic laxative, detoxification and insecticide. Hematemesis, blood in the stool, menorrhagia, metrorrhagia, dysentery, constipation, urination, eczema, sores, swollen poison, skin diseases, traumatic bleeding and other diseases have certain curative effects.
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In addition, sorrel is also a natural conditioner commonly used by the people. Some elderly people know its value. They often pick sorrel, dry it and store it. It’s clean and smooth without drying, and it’s jet black and shiny.
I didn’t expect this pig’s ear grass, which used to be fed to pigs, to have so many functions. Friends, do you have this kind of sorrel in your hometown? It is rich in vitamins, it is a vegetable and a medicine, and it is also a natural conditioner. Don’t miss it when you meet it in your hometown.