Common medicinal herbs on the roadside in rural areas

Many Chinese medicinal herbs have very strict requirements on their growing environment, but some herbs can be found everywhere, even on the sides of rural roads. This herb is dandelion. Although dandelion is not a very precious medicinal material, it has a good effect of removing heat. We can see dandelions in many places, and they will grow on their own without any special management.

Dandelion is also known as yellow flowered dandelion, dandelion, and Chinese flower dandelion. A perennial herb of the Asteraceae family. The inflorescence is capitulate, and the seeds have a ball of white pappus. After the flowers bloom, they are blown by the wind to new places to give birth to new life.

Raw dandelions are rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and potassium, and also contain iron, calcium, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, magnesium, vitamin B6, folic acid and copper. The specific element content is mainly water. Every 60 grams of raw dandelion leaves contains 86% water, 1.6 grams of protein, 5.3 grams of carbohydrates, and about 108.8 kilojoules of calories.

The dandelion plant contains a variety of healthy nutrients such as taraxacin, taraxacin, cholecalciferol, organic acids, inulin, etc. Sweet, slightly bitter and cold in nature. It enters the liver and stomach meridians. It has diuretic, laxative, jaundice-relieving and choleretic effects. It is used to treat heat toxins, carbuncles, sores, internal abscesses, red and swollen painful eyes, damp heat, jaundice, dribbling and painful urination, carbuncle swelling and toxins, breast abscess, scrofula, toothache, red eyes, sore throat, lung abscess, intestinal abscess, damp heat jaundice, and hot and painful urination. Treat acute mastitis, lymphadenitis, scrofula, carbuncle, acute conjunctivitis, cold and fever, acute tonsillitis, acute bronchitis, gastritis, hepatitis, cholecystitis, urinary tract infection, etc. Dandelion can be eaten raw, fried, or made into soup. It is a plant that can be used as both medicine and food.

How to eat

⑴ Pickled dandelion buds have the effect of refreshing the mind if eaten regularly.

⑵Dandelion roots can be eaten or used as a substitute for coffee.

⑶Dandelion flowers can be used to make wine.

⑷ Dandelion leaves can be eaten raw, and their bitter taste produces a good taste when mixed with strong-flavored oil and vinegar.

⑸Dandelions can not only be eaten raw, but also cooked. Stir-fried dandelion with shredded pork has the effect of tonifying the middle, replenishing qi and detoxifying.

⑹Blanching dandelions in boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes before cooking can reduce some of the bitterness.