What is the main medicinal value of cattail grass?

Cattail is a common plant in daily life. Cattail has a very beautiful appearance and is an aquatic plant. It usually blooms in a warm environment. Cattail is also rich in medicinal value. It can supplement the protein and various minerals needed by the human body every day. It can also supplement the calcium needed by the body. It tastes fresh and delicious and can also be made into a cold dish.

What are the effects and functions of cattail grass?

1. Typha truncatum is often used to decorate garden ponds and lakesides to create waterscapes. It is suitable as background material for flower borders and waterscapes. It can also be planted in pots in the garden.

2. Cattails are often used as cut flower materials. The whole plant is a good raw material for papermaking. The leaves are called cattail and can be used for weaving, and the pollen is called cattail pollen and can be used as medicine. Cattail sticks are used for lighting with or without oil. The hairs on the female inflorescence are called cattail fluff, which can often be used as pillow wadding.

3. The young shoots are called Pu Cai, which is delicious and edible and is a famous aquatic vegetable.

4. Cattail can also supplement the body with a large amount of protein, calcium and a variety of mineral elements, and supplement the crude fiber needed by the body.

Is cattail grass edible?

Cattail is actually an edible vegetable and can be eaten.

How to eat cattail grass:

1. Wash the cattail leaves and pick them into small pieces.

2. Chop the green onion and ginger and set aside.

3. Put some oil in the pan and stir-fry the scallions and ginger.

4. After the aroma comes out, add the water chestnuts and stir-fry.

5. Cut the tofu into pieces and put it into the pot.

6. Add appropriate amount of boiling water. If you like dried shrimps, you can add them in.

7. Cover with lid and cook. Boil tofu a thousand times and fish a million times.

8. Add appropriate amount of salt and MSG for seasoning before serving, sprinkle with coriander and serve.

Morphological characteristics

It is a perennial swamp herb with a plant height of 1.4 to 2 meters, and some are over 3 meters high. The rhizome is white, long and horizontal, with many fibrous roots at the nodes, and the old roots are yellowish brown. The stem is cylindrical, erect, hard and solid. The leaves are flat and ribbon-shaped, up to 1 meter long, 2 to 3 centimeters wide, smooth and hairless. The base is a long sheath embracing the stem. The flowers are unisexual, with a terminal fleshy spike inflorescence that is cylindrical and candle-like. The male inflorescence is born in the upper part, 10 to 30 cm long, and the female inflorescence is born in the lower part, which is the same length or slightly longer than the male inflorescence. There is no gap between the two and they are closely connected. Grayish brown in color. Flowers small, without perianth, hairy. The male flowers have 3 stamens and yellow pollen, 4 of which are clustered together. The female flowers have no bracteoles, a linear ovary with a stalk, and a single style. The infructescence is cylindrical, brown, and the nuts are small with many white hairs. Contains tiny seeds, oval in shape. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from July to August.