How to eat Commelina

In fact, there are many flowers and plants with certain functions around people's lives, such as patchouli, morning glory, lavender, mimosa, etc. that we often see. These are beneficial to the human body in some ways. However, most people only see their ornamental value and practical value, and usually ignore their most essential functions. For example, most people only use Patchouli to make tea, but few people use it to relieve summer heat.

In fact, there are many similar flowers and plants like those mentioned above, some of which are not recognized by most people. For example, the duckweed that I will introduce next, I believe most people don’t know it, and some have never even heard of this name. So, let’s take a detailed look at Duckweed and how to eat it.

Commelina, also known as green bamboo, green butterfly, and light bamboo leaves. It is an annual loose herb belonging to the order Pyroendospermalales, family Commelinaceae, and genus Commelina. The stem is creeping and rooting, branched, up to 1 meter long, hairless at the bottom, and likes to grow in moist grassland. The leaves of Commelina are lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, the leaves are alternate, the stems are creeping stems, the flowers are in polyphylls, terminal or axillary, monoecious, the upper two petals are blue, the lower one is white, the flower bracts are spathe-shaped, green, and have 6 stamens.

The medicinal value of duckweed is as follows:

Properties: sweet, slightly bitter, cold in nature. It can clear away heat, detoxify and act as a diuretic. It is a good medicine for reducing swelling, promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and detoxifying. In addition, it has good effects on sty, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, cervical erosion and snake bites.

Pharmacological action: Aqueous extracts or decoctions of the stems and leaves of plants of the same genus can excite the uterus, constrict blood vessels, and shorten coagulation time.

Functions and indications: Promotes diuresis, clears away heat, cools blood and detoxifies. Treat edema, athlete's foot, difficulty urinating, cold, erysipelas, mumps, jaundice hepatitis, dysentery, malaria, epistaxis, hematuria, metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, sore throat, carbuncle and furuncle.

Duckweed can usually be stir-fried, the method is as follows:

1. Wash the vegetables and set aside;

2. Heat the oil in the pan until 70% hot and stir-fry the garlic until fragrant;

3. Add duckweed;

4. Stir-fry with garlic;

5. Add salt when the duckweed changes color.

The stir-fried duckweed tastes very good, and as long as it is not too rotten, it will have a better taste. Regular consumption will also have certain effects on the human body. In fact, the feeling of eating duckweed in the mouth is often similar to that of water spinach, but it is slightly more bitter than water spinach. As the saying goes, good medicine tastes bitter.