The bean sprout that grows on rocks sells for 40 yuan per jin, and is a precious folk remedy for treating white hair

Our country has a vast territory, which has also given rise to the diversity of our country's wild plants. In the rural countryside of every province and city, many different wild plants grow there, but some wild plants are exceptions. They have tenacious vitality, and whether in the south or the north, they can be found. However, many people have never seen them, because most of these wild plants grow in remote places in the countryside, and only the older farmers in the countryside know and understand them.

Below, the author will introduce to everyone one such wild grass, and it is exactly like this.

In the rural countryside, a great many wild grasses grow. Some grow very tall, while others grow very short, and there are even some that people do not notice at all and often overlook their existence. The wild grass the author wants to introduce today is often overlooked by people. It grows very short, so short that it is only as small as a "bean sprout," and it likes to grow on shady and damp earthen slopes in mountain wilds, forest swamps, acidic soil, or the surface soil layer of rocks. This wild grass is "Polytrichum commune," but in the countryside, many older farmers prefer to call it "Tumazong" (Earth Horse Mane).

This Tumazong is actually a type of moss plant. It has no leaves and no flowers, just a single stalk, with a height generally around 10 cm. This Tumazong is also divided into male and female. Generally, the top of the female plant is brownish red, while the male plant is green, which also makes it easy to identify.

Even though this Tumazong grows short and strange, in folk tradition it is a treasure. Especially in the past, people used it as a good medicinal herb for treating illnesses.

What medicinal values does Tumazong have?

According to "Chinese Materia Medica," the whole plant of Tumazong can be used as medicine. Its taste is sweet, its nature is cool, and it is non-toxic. When the whole plant is used as medicine, it has the effects of nourishing yin and clearing heat, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and can be used to treat many symptoms such as yin deficiency with steaming bone sensation, tidal fever and night sweats, pulmonary tuberculosis with cough, blood-heat vomiting blood, epistaxis, hemoptysis, blood in the stool, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, and difficulty in urination and defecation.

However, an elderly person in the village once told the author that this Tumazong actually has a very good effect, which is that it can grow black hair and is a good remedy for treating premature white hair in young people. After crushing this Tumazong, apply it to the scalp, or boil it in water to wash the hair.

Because this Tumazong mostly grows in shady and damp places in mountain forests, and its medicinal value is very high, this wild grass is now also very expensive. According to what the author has learned, in the author's hometown it sells for 40 yuan per jin. I do not know what the price is where everyone else is. So if you see this wild grass in the mountains, do not step on it, its value is very precious.

Of course, if you want to use it, the author suggests it is best to consult a professional physician first, to avoid problems.

Dear friends, have you seen this wild grass called "Tumazong" or "Polytrichum commune"? You are welcome to leave a message and exchange ideas!