Wild vegetables clear heat and detoxify, are high in calcium, country people rush to eat them, suitable for people with high blood pressure and diabetes

The whole plant is used medicinally; it clears heat and detoxifies, helps digest food accumulations, promotes urination, and disperses blood stasis to stop bleeding. In Fujian and Guangdong it is commonly known as field-edge chrysanthemum and roadside chrysanthemum; in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou and Guangxi it is commonly known as loach string, mud loach string and mud loach vegetable; in Yunnan it is called straw-cloak lotus. The young leaves are usually eaten as a vegetable, commonly known as "malantou" (Indian aster). Malantou mainly treats vomiting blood, nosebleeds, abnormal uterine bleeding, purpura, traumatic bleeding, jaundice, diarrhea and dysentery, edema, strangury with turbid urine, colds, coughs, sore throat and throat obstruction, carbuncles and hemorrhoids, erysipelas, and childhood malnutrition with food accumulation.

The berries of the Elaeagnus are sweet and sour, contain 7 amino acids and vitamin C, can be eaten raw, can also provide pigment, and can be used to make wine, beverages and jam. The flower buds, fruit and tender branches can be used as medicine to clear heat and detoxify. Elaeagnus tastes sweet, so it can both quench thirst and be eaten as a fruit. Moreover, research has found that Elaeagnus relieves asthma, invigorates blood circulation and stops dysentery. It mainly treats asthma, dysentery, traumatic injuries, hemorrhoids and various other conditions.

For a long time, when people eat celtuce they always throw away the leaves, but in fact the leaves are more nutritious than the stem. The vitamin content in celtuce leaves is generally higher than in the stem; the carotene content in the leaves is several tens of times higher than in the stem, the vitamin B1 content is twice that of the stem, vitamin B2 is 5 times, and vitamin C is 3 times. The niacin content in the leaves is not only higher than in the stem, but its antioxidant effect is also better. In addition, the leaves also contain a large amount of calcium, so it is a great pity to discard them uneaten.

Modern medical research shows that it has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. The potassium content in celtuce is 27 times that of sodium, and the vitamins it contains also help promote urination and maintain the body's water and electrolyte balance, having a certain dietary therapeutic effect on high blood pressure, heart disease and edema. The iodine content in celtuce is relatively high, which can have a beneficial effect on the human body's basal metabolism and physical development; the fluorine element in it can participate in the formation of tooth enamel and dentin and in bone growth. In addition, celtuce also contains various nutrients such as celtuce element, lactic acid, malic acid, succinic acid and mannitol, and in particular it contains relatively abundant niacin (also known as nicotinic acid, vitamin PP). Niacin is considered an activator of insulin and helps improve glucose metabolism, making it very suitable for people with diabetes.