Once hated by farmers as a farmland weed, now it sells for 26 yuan per jin and has become a money tree

For those who live in rural areas, the wild grasses growing in the countryside are quite familiar. Many wild grasses are favorites among farmers, and among these wild grasses, quite a few can be eaten as wild vegetables, and quite a few can also be used as herbal medicine to treat illnesses, which makes many farmers fond of them. However, some wild grasses grow specifically in farmland, which makes many farmers hate them deeply. Below, the author introduces one such wild grass. It grows specifically in farmland and once made many farmers hate it deeply, but now they are very fond of it.

Whenever spring arrives, many wild grasses grow in the rural countryside, and in farmland there is this peculiar little grass. Its leaves are very small and shaped like a sparrow's tongue, and it blooms a beautiful little white flower. This wild grass is "Sparrow's Tongue Grass" (Stellaria uliginosa). To be honest, just looking at Sparrow's Tongue Grass, it is quite beautiful, but farmers dislike it very much, because the place where Sparrow's Tongue Grass most often grows is farmland. No matter what kind of crop farmland it is, it can grow there.

Moreover, Sparrow's Tongue Grass grows fast and has strong adaptability, and once it grows, it grows in large patches, which causes crops to grow poorly. And because Sparrow's Tongue Grass grows close to the ground, it is difficult to remove. Therefore, in the past, many farmers who worked the land racked their brains to get rid of Sparrow's Tongue Grass.

So in the past, many farmers quite disliked Sparrow's Tongue Grass and regarded it as a major "harmful weed" in farmland. And after farmers removed Sparrow's Tongue Grass, they often used it together with plants such as chickweed and shortawn foxtail as feed for poultry and livestock, to feed pigs and chickens. It can be said that in the past, Sparrow's Tongue Grass had quite low status.

But now Sparrow's Tongue Grass has turned things around. Not only do many farmers like it, but many farmers also treat it as a "money tree." Why is that?

It turns out that although Sparrow's Tongue Grass likes to grow in farmland, it has very good medicinal value. According to the "National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines," the whole plant of Sparrow's Tongue Grass can be used as medicine, and when used medicinally it is called "Cramp Grass." It has the effects of dispelling wind and dispersing cold, reconnecting tendons and bones, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and detoxifying. It can be used to treat symptoms such as wind-cold colds, rheumatic bone pain, sores and swellings, traumatic injuries, fractures, and snake bites.

It is precisely because Sparrow's Tongue Grass has these healing effects that many farmers' attitudes toward it began to change. Moreover, many farmers, taking advantage of Sparrow's Tongue Grass's rapid growth and strong vitality, specifically cultivate Sparrow's Tongue Grass and then dry it in the sun to sell. It is understood that the current price of Sparrow's Tongue Grass is about 26 yuan per jin, which has also made Sparrow's Tongue Grass a "money tree" for some farmers.

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