Copper grass can absorb copper from the soil; it is a wild flower from the mountains that can be used to extract copper

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The world is full of wonders, and for the plant kingdom, this fits perfectly. Especially in rural fields and mountain forests, there are quite a few peculiar wild grasses and trees, and they have all kinds of amazing abilities. For example, some wild grasses give off an extremely foul odor to drive away natural enemies, some trees are covered in thorns, and some wild grasses can be eaten as wild vegetables and also used as herbal medicine to treat illnesses. However, the uses of these plants are still fairly ordinary. In the plant kingdom, there is another type of plant that is especially unique: they can absorb various mineral elements from the soil and help people prospecting for minerals, so they are called "prospecting plants." Below, the author will introduce one such prospecting plant.

After spring arrives each year, all kinds of wild grasses grow in rural fields, and wild trees also begin to sprout one after another. By late spring and early summer, many wild grasses also begin to bloom one after another, dressing the rural fields into a sea of flowers. However, many farmer friends are busy farming and tending orchards and ignore these flowers, grasses, and trees.

Near rural mountain areas, there is such a beautiful wild grass with purple flowers, often growing in large patches. However, because it does not affect crop growth, farmer friends rarely pay attention to it, so many people do not know this wild grass.

This wild grass is "Haizhou elsholtzia" (Elsholtzia splendens). Because its flowers look like a toothbrush, farmer friends also call it "toothbrush grass." Although many farmer friends do not know Haizhou elsholtzia, that does not stop them from liking it, because whenever it blooms, it gives off a strange fragrance that people love.

In fact, besides having a fragrance, Haizhou elsholtzia also has another major use. Apart from some older farmer friends, few people know about it: it is also a prospecting plant.

Near some rural mountain areas, there is a saying: "Toothbrush grass, blooms purple flowers, wherever there is copper, there it is." The toothbrush grass mentioned here is actually Haizhou elsholtzia. The roots of Haizhou elsholtzia can absorb copper elements from the soil and store them in its body, so older farmer friends in rural mountain areas also call Haizhou elsholtzia "copper grass flower."

Haizhou elsholtzia can not only absorb and store copper elements, but its roots, stems, leaves, and flowers can also be used to extract copper. Scientific researchers in our country have discovered multiple copper mines under the guidance of Haizhou elsholtzia, which shows its value.

Besides its uses in absorbing copper, prospecting for copper mines, and extracting copper, in some mountain areas, older farmer friends also use Haizhou elsholtzia as a good medicine for treating illnesses. It is understood that the whole plant of Haizhou elsholtzia can be used as medicine. Its taste is pungent and sweet, its nature is warm, and it is non-toxic. It has the effects of releasing the exterior and relieving summer heat, dispersing dampness and promoting water movement. Among the people, it is often used to treat symptoms such as heatstroke, headache, fever, aversion to cold, absence of sweating, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, edema, and athlete's foot. In particular, boiling its flowers and leaves in water to soak the feet has a very good effect on treating athlete's foot, so if you see Haizhou elsholtzia near the foot of a rural mountain in the future, do not miss it.

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