These several wild vegetables in summer protect the eyes, prevent cancer and nourish the complexion; miss them and you will have to wait until next year

Sweet potato leaves, also known as sweet potato greens, when eaten can beautify and nourish the complexion, resist aging, and also prevent constipation, protect eyesight, boost immunity, stop bleeding, lower blood sugar, detoxify, prevent and treat night blindness, promote lactation, detoxify and prevent cancer and other health benefits, making them a good summer leafy vegetable.

Common selfheal (Prunella vulgaris) grows in mountain gullies and wet places or in damp grassy thickets on both sides of riverbanks, wasteland and roadsides, and is widely distributed throughout China, with Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu, Hunan and other provinces as the main producing areas. Common selfheal has strong adaptability, and there are rarely any diseases or insect pests throughout its entire growth process. It has the effect of clearing fire and brightening the eyes, and can treat red and swollen eyes, headache and so on.

The silvery cinquefoil (Potentilla supina), a plant of the genus Potentilla in the rose family. Pinnate compound leaves, herbaceous, green on both sides, relatively soft, with 7-17 leaflets. Flowers usually solitary, mostly growing in plain areas. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, cooling the blood, and stopping dysentery.

Litsea pungens vegetable is an essential seasoning for the dipping sauce of Sichuan-Chongqing specialty dish live-water douhua (river-water douhua), and its unique fragrance combines perfectly with the tenderness of the douhua, making it very delicious. Besides being used for live-water douhua, it is also used to dress cold dishes for seasoning, such as Luzhou pea jelly, and in stir-fried dishes such as stir-fried tender broad beans/fava beans, as well as clay pot eggplant and so on. The extracted litsea oil retains the unique fragrance of litsea seeds, can remove fishiness and enhance aroma, fragrant with just one drop, and is suitable for hot pot, barbecue, douhua, cold dishes and so on. The unique fragrance of litsea pungens vegetable combines perfectly with the tenderness of the douhua, making it very delicious. Its nature is pungent, neutral, it calms wind and stops itching, and is used to treat infantile convulsions.