Got tanned in summer? Eating a little of these wild vegetables every day can whiten your skin

Yellow cress (Youngia japonica) is a biennial herb. It reproduces by seed. It germinates and emerges in autumn, overwinters as seedlings, turns green again the following year for vegetative growth, and flowers and fruits from April to September. The seeds fall off as they mature and are dispersed by the wind with the help of their pappus. Yellow cress has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It can also treat colds, sore throat, breast cancer, conjunctival cancer, boils, urinary tract infections, leukorrhea, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions.

It grows along paddy field edges, stream banks or on moist grassland, below 2000 m in altitude. Scutellaria barbata prefers a warm climate and a moist, semi-shaded environment. It is not demanding about soil; for cultivation, deep, loose, fertile, well-drained sandy loam or humus loam is best. Heavy clay soil and low-lying, waterlogged plots are not suitable for planting. It often grows wild on field edges or beside streams and ditches in hilly and flat areas. It prefers a relatively moist environment and grows poorly in overly dry areas. Scutellaria barbata has the functions of clearing heat and detoxifying, invigorating blood and removing stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and fighting cancer. It is cold in nature and sour in taste, and the whole plant contains various vitamins, trace elements, amino acids and other components. It has the effects of cooling the blood and detoxifying, dissipating stasis and relieving pain, reducing swelling, and clearing heat and draining dampness.

This product has the fresh fragrance of cucumber and is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates and various vitamins; it is a well-known wild mountain vegetable. Its medicinal value is the same as that of bracken. Cucumber fragrance (Matteuccia struthiopteris) is hailed as "the finest of wild vegetables" and is also called longevity vegetable; it is not only highly nutritious but can also be used as medicine, with high medicinal value, having the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, losing weight and slimming, moistening the intestines and strengthening the stomach, clearing heat and reducing internal heat, whitening the skin, and anti-aging.