Tie Mang Qi: A peculiar wild grass in the mountains that seeks gold roots and absorbs gold, known as the "gold prospecting grass" that helps people get rich

Nature is the most magical place, especially the wild grasses and wild trees in nature, which all have many strange abilities. For example, some wild grasses can repel mosquitoes, some wild grasses can poison fish, some wild grasses emit peculiar smells, and quite a few wild grasses can even be eaten as wild vegetables while also being used as herbal medicine to treat illnesses.

Below, the author will introduce a kind of wild grass in the mountains that has one peculiar ability.

Farmer friends living in rural mountain areas love most to go "treasure hunting" in the mountains, such as digging up some edible wild game and wild vegetables, or wild grasses that can treat illnesses. However, there are also many wild grasses in the mountains that nobody pays attention to, and one such wild grass is like this. This wild grass is very common in the mountains and looks like centipede grass. It is "Tie Mang Qi" (Dicranopteris linearis, false staghorn fern).

Tie Mang Qi is mainly distributed in the rural mountain areas of the provinces and cities south of the Yangtze River in China. Basically, as soon as you enter the mountains, you can see this wild grass, especially in damp places such as under tree shade and beside streams, where it is most common.

In spring, when Tie Mang Qi has just grown out, its tender shoots actually look very much like fern bracken, but at this time you must be careful: the shoots grown by Tie Mang Qi cannot be eaten, so do not mistake them.

Speaking of Tie Mang Qi, most farmer friends actually neither hate it nor like it. First, because it does no harm to crops or fruit trees; second, because it is too common and does not have much use, so farmer friends often overlook its existence, and thus nobody pays attention to it.

In fact, for many experienced old farmer friends, Tie Mang Qi still has great uses. First, it can detect gold deposits; second, it has medicinal value.

According to an experienced old farmer friend in the village, Tie Mang Qi is also called "gold prospecting grass." The reason it is called this is that the roots of Tie Mang Qi can absorb gold from the soil, and places where Tie Mang Qi grows extremely vigorously usually hide gold deposits. Therefore, among the people, Tie Mang Qi is also called "gold prospecting grass."

In addition, Tie Mang Qi actually also has medicinal value. Its rhizomes and leaves can treat frostbite, and it can be collected and used throughout the four seasons. Its branches and leaves have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, removing stasis and reducing swelling, and dispersing stasis and stopping bleeding. Among the people, it is also often used to treat hemorrhoids, uterine bleeding, nosebleeds, high fever in children, bruises and injuries, carbuncles and swelling, rheumatic itching, venomous snake bites, scalds, burns, traumatic bleeding, and many other symptoms.

Therefore, in the rural mountain areas of Hubei, Hunan, and Fujian, there are old farmer friends familiar with Tie Mang Qi who use it to get rich. According to an old farmer friend in the author's village, Tie Mang Qi generally sells for about 10 yuan per jin, though prices differ from place to place. He often goes into the mountains to dig up some Tie Mang Qi to sell and supplement the household income.

Author's note: Although Tie Mang Qi has certain value, the author still does not recommend picking it at will, to avoid damaging the ecological environment. What do you think?

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