In the countryside, we can always see a lot of all kinds of wild grasses, whether it is in front of the house and behind the house, or at the end of the village, you can see them everywhere, and these weeds are naturally grown and unmanaged, the so-called "wildfires are inexhaustible, the spring breeze blows and grows", I have to sigh their tenacious vitality.
For farmers, the most annoying thing is the variety of weeds that grow in the vegetable garden, their vitality is more tenacious than the cultivated vegetables, and they are often removed as weeds, but they don't know that these weeds have their meaning of existence, and some are even very valuable.
For example, the weed we are going to share today, it can be said to be the most common weed in our vegetable garden, friends in the countryside know it, it used to be the era when every household raised pigs, it is the pig vegetables that we often pick to feed pigs.
Nowadays, no one raises pigs, and this weed is reduced to a weed and is often discarded. Because the stem of this wild grass is hollow, you can pull out a tendon out, it looks like the intestines of a goose, we all call it goose intestine grass in old age, and because it is a vegetable that is often eaten in ancient times, some people call it goose intestine vegetables.
Actually, it has a very poetic botanical name called chickweed. Because of its many stems and vines, the growth is also luxuriant, and the tendons in the middle are still connected after breaking, like a strand of silk thread connected, which is the origin of the name chickweed, a very nice name.
Chickweed is an annual herbaceous plant of the Caryophyllaceae family, we can see it in rural grasslands, roadsides, streams, hillsides, field edges, wastelands, etc., especially in vegetable gardens, and the soil in the vegetable garden is more fertile, so the reproduction is also more vigorous, often growing in patches.
Chickweed is also widely distributed in the mainland, wild in most provinces and regions of the mainland, it is a relatively dwarf plant, about 20 cm high, the stem is creeping and grows flat, and it grows very slender, and there are many branches on the node, and it appears more luxuriant when spread on the ground.
Although the chickweed does not grow tall, it looks very delicate when it blooms, it is full of white star-shaped flowers all year round, it looks like a starry star from a distance, and thousands of seeds are scattered everywhere after maturity, and the reproductive ability of this way is indeed very strong.
Speaking of chickweed, it will be no stranger to the older generation, it is a kind of high-quality wild vegetable that is often eaten in ancient times, and it has been eaten for more than 4,000 years now, and can be used to stir-fry food, make soup, cook noodles, shabu-shabu, make stuffing, etc., the taste is fresh and delicious, and the nutrients are rich.
At the same time, the medicinal value of chickweed is also not to be underestimated, its whole herb can be used as medicine, with the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, dispelling wind and reducing swelling, invigorating blood and relieving pain, dysentery, pulmonary carbuncle, cradle carbuncle, intestinal carbuncle, milk failure, vomiting, boils, swelling and pain, bruises and other diseases have certain curative effects.
It is recorded in the "Famous Doctor's Directory" that chickweed treats "accumulated sores and hemorrhoids do not heal", it has a good effect on hemorrhoids swelling and pain, hemorrhoids bleeding, and is also a good medicine for hemorrhoids commonly used in the folk, so it is also known as "hemorrhoids grass" in the folk.
Dear friends, do you have this kind of chickweed in your hometown? It is a "hemorrhoids grass" hidden in the vegetable garden, and it is also a natural vegetable that ancient people often ate, but now it has become a weed and no one cares about it, which is really a pity. If you meet in your hometown, please pay attention to it in time and stop being a weed.
Remark:
1. This article is a popular science article and does not constitute medication advice, please follow the doctor's advice!
2. The picture is a selfie, and the invasion of the picture must be investigated!