A wild grass in rice fields with leaves like bamboo once hated by farmers, now sells for 8 yuan per jin as a good medicine
In rural areas, many wild grasses grow in farmlands, rice fields and orchards, often affecting the growth of these crops and cash crops, which is why many farmer friends deeply hate these wild grasses. Below, the author introduces one such wild grass that was once deeply hated by farmer friends but has now turned over a new leaf and become a treasure.
May is the season when many aquatic crops grow, and many farmer friends are busy weeding the farmlands at this time to prevent these weeds from affecting crop growth. At this time, there is a wild grass in the rice fields that was once deeply hated by many farmer friends. This wild grass is "shuizhuye" (Murdannia triquetra), and as the name suggests, the leaves of this wild grass resemble bamboo leaves, and its stems are also jointed section by section, shaped like bamboo.
Speaking of the wild grass shuizhuye, many old farmer friends who have grown rice deeply understand it. Shuizhuye is a perennial aquatic herb, also known as zhuyedang, with long and creeping rhizomes. Its bamboo-like nodes can each grow 6 cm long, with 7 to 8 nodes in total, and its total length can reach over 40 cm. It can also branch in many ways. In addition, its root system is very developed, and its adaptability and vitality are also very strong, making it very difficult to remove. It often affects the growth of crops in rice fields, so in the past, many farmer friends who grew rice regarded it as a "malignant weed" in rice fields and deeply detested it.
However, shuizhuye has now turned over a new leaf and become a treasure for farmer friends. That is because shuizhuye is also a very good Chinese herbal medicine. According to records, the whole plant of shuizhuye can be used as medicine. Its taste is sweet and its nature is cold. As medicine, it has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, and promoting urination. It can be used to treat fever, sore and swollen throat, cough and asthma due to lung heat, coughing blood, heat strangury, heat dysentery, carbuncles, boils and furuncles, snake and insect bites, and many other symptoms.
In addition, the stems and leaves of shuizhuye are also a wild vegetable with high edible value. Its nutritional value is rich, and it is deeply loved by city people. Therefore, many farmer friends now specifically start intercropping shuizhuye. According to farmer friends in the village who grow shuizhuye, shuizhuye can now be considered a rare commodity. In the past, everyone was annoyed at the sight of it, but now it sells to the city for 8 yuan per jin. It really is a pretty good wild grass.
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