This weed by the farmland is a thorn in farmers' side, yet it can be made into herbal tea to relieve heat
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After spring arrives, all kinds of wild grasses in the rural outdoors begin to grow. As for these wild grasses in the rural outdoors, most farmer friends say they like them very much, because many wild grasses are very useful. For example, wild grasses like dandelion and plantain can be eaten and used medicinally, so many farmer friends like them. However, some wild grasses have become a "thorn in the side" of farmer friends. These wild grasses are the ones that specifically grow by the farmland. They not only harm crops, but are also very difficult to remove.
A few days ago it kept raining in the village. After the weather cleared these past few days, quite a few farmer friends hurried to the fields. To do what? Naturally, to hurry and remove the weeds, so that these weeds would not harm the crops. And by the farmland there is just such a wild grass that farmer friends hate very much. It is called "Goosegrass" (Eleusine indica), known as the "bully" of the farmland. Speaking of goosegrass, its reputation is not very good. Especially for farmer friends who grow crops, goosegrass can be called their "thorn in the side, a spike in the flesh." Why is that?
If you try to remove goosegrass, you will know: it is very hard to pull out. You only tear off the stems and leaves above ground, and generally cannot pull out the roots. And if you do not remove its roots, it will soon grow back. Therefore, to remove goosegrass, you must dig it out. In addition, goosegrass has extremely tenacious vitality. Even if it is stepped on or run over by a vehicle, it will not die. So farmer friends also call it "can't be trampled to death."
Goosegrass has a well-developed root system and a very strong ability to absorb soil moisture and nutrients, and it has a strong growth advantage. Its water and fertilizer consumption often exceeds the consumption of crop growth. Therefore, it competes with crops for water, nutrients and light energy, affecting crop growth and causing crops to grow poorly. So many farmer friends regard goosegrass as one of the "bullies" in the farmland and hate it very much.
However, although goosegrass has a very bad reputation in the eyes of farmer friends and also harms crop growth, its value cannot be denied. Goosegrass is actually also a traditional Chinese herbal medicine. According to "Chinese Materia Medica," the whole plant of goosegrass can be used as medicine. It has the effects of dispelling wind and promoting diuresis, clearing heat and detoxifying, and dissipating blood stasis and stopping bleeding. It can be used to treat Japanese encephalitis, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, rheumatic joint pain, jaundice, indigestion in children, diarrhea, dysentery, painful urination, bruises, external bleeding, dog bites and other symptoms.
In particular, after cutting goosegrass into sections, boiling it in water can also be drunk as herbal tea, and the taste is very sweet. In summer, the herbal tea made from boiling goosegrass also has the effect of clearing heat and relieving summer heat. So in summer, if you feel unbearably hot, you might as well go to the edge of the farmland and pull up some goosegrass to boil herbal tea. It can not only help farmer friends remove weeds, but also clear heat and relieve summer heat, achieving two things at once.
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