A vicious weed in corn fields that farmers hate is actually a healing herb worth 10 yuan per jin

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In rural wild areas, the most common thing is weeds. Whether in front of or behind houses, along roadsides, at field edges, or in wild mountains and forests, all kinds of weeds grow. As for these weeds, farmer friends both love and hate them. What they love is that quite a few weeds can be eaten as wild vegetables and used as herbal medicine. What they hate is that quite a few weeds also like to grow in crop fields and harm crops. Below, the author will introduce one such weed, one that makes farmer friends both love and hate it.

In the afternoon, while playing with my child near the farmland, I saw a sea of flowers near a corn field. The purple-white flowers were very beautiful, and the child liked them very much. As for this kind of wildflower, friends who have lived in rural areas should all be familiar with it. It is "field bindweed." Quite a few friends always mistake field bindweed for Japanese false bindweed. Field bindweed is indeed very similar to Japanese false bindweed, but there are some subtle differences: the flower color of field bindweed is purple-white, while the flower color of Japanese false bindweed is pink-white, and the leaves of field bindweed are narrower than those of Japanese false bindweed.

Many friends actually like field bindweed because its flowers are beautiful, but many farmer friends hate it deeply, because field bindweed is a "vicious weed."

Field bindweed has strong vitality, reproductive capacity, and adaptability, and it is also a climbing plant. It likes to grow in wheat fields, corn fields, cotton fields, soybean fields, and orchards. When field bindweed grows in large amounts, it often grows in patches, densely covering the ground and winding around crops, strongly inhibiting crop growth and causing crops to lodge. Therefore, many farmer friends greatly dislike field bindweed, and as soon as they see it growing near farmland, they cut it all down.

However, although field bindweed is highly harmful to quite a few crops, many farmer friends still like it very much, because field bindweed also has great uses.

First, the tender leaves of field bindweed are a top-grade wild vegetable, relatively rich in nutrients, with a unique taste. Whether stir-fried or boiled in soup, the flavor is very good.

Second, field bindweed has a relatively high protein content, low crude fiber, and a relatively comprehensive and balanced amino acid content, making it very suitable for feeding livestock such as sheep, camels, and cattle.

Third, field bindweed is also a healing herb with medicinal value. The whole plant of field bindweed can be used as medicine, with effects of dispelling wind and relieving itching, and relieving pain. It can be used to treat symptoms such as damp painful obstruction, toothache, and neurodermatitis. Especially its flowers: pick 3 flowers, add one Sichuan peppercorn, place it on the painful tooth and chew it, but do not swallow, and it can treat toothache.

It is precisely because field bindweed has these uses that quite a few farmers sell it after removing it. According to farmer friends who do weeding, field bindweed is generally around 10 yuan per jin.

The author reminds: field bindweed is slightly toxic, so the author does not recommend eating it or using it medicinally, to avoid problems.

Dear friends, do you like field bindweed? You are welcome to leave a message and share your thoughts.

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