Wild grass on a tree was pulled off and planted in a pot, expert: one jin is worth over 3,000
A few days ago I went to the mountains with my family and saw a lot of a medicinal wild grass that villagers often talk about growing on the trees there. Usually when a villager has a headache or a slight fever, they pull up a few plants, boil them in water, drink it, and they get better. I thought I would pull up a few and plant them at home, maybe they would come in handy, so I pulled a few off the tree. Since I wanted to grow them myself, I was very careful when pulling them, and even took the roots and soil from the tree along with them. When I got home I planted them in a flower pot.
When I got home I planted them using the leaf mold and coarse sand that we all commonly see. Since it grows on the trunk of a big tree, it usually gets little sun, and it grows very well in the wild, so I put it on the north balcony, where there is a bit of light but not strong. I watered it a little every few days, and unexpectedly it grew very well. Seeing it grow well, I did not really bother with it much after that.
A few days ago a friend of mine who studies traditional Chinese medicine came to my home to visit. He looked at the flowers and plants I grow and praised how well I raise them. But when he saw the wild grass I was growing, he was very surprised and asked me why I had thought of growing Chinese medicine, and such an expensive one at that. I said this is just the wild grass from the mountain behind us. Usually when a villager has a headache or a slight fever, they all drink water soaked with it. Expensive? It is not any kind of Chinese medicine.
I just pulled it off a tree on the back mountain and planted it in a pot when I got home.
My friend studied traditional Chinese medicine in middle school and has a particular interest in researching medicinal herbs and such, so he went on to say that this is very expensive. Its scientific name is "Tiepi Shihu" (Dendrobium officinale, ironbark dendrobium). There are many cultivated ones now, but very few wild ones. Ones like yours that are purely wild generally go for over 3,000 per jin, and the most expensive ones go for over 5,000. It has very good medicinal value.
It can nourish the five viscera, lubricate the joints, regulate the nerves, the endocrine system and the human immune system. It can regulate the human nervous, endocrine and immune systems by raising the essence and blood and the concentration of body fluids, and can rapidly restore the physiological functions of the various organs of the human body, achieving the goal of resisting disease. It can be said that it can cure disease when you are sick, and nourish and prevent illness when you are not.
Hearing my friend's analysis, I was simply stunned. Is this wild grass really that good?
Seeing my look of complete ignorance, my friend briefly explained to Xiaohua the various effects of Tiepi Shihu, and in the end he also said that this kind of Chinese medicine is now grown in many home pots. Grow a few on the balcony at home, dry them in the sun, and soak them in water to drink, and that is enough for a whole family. What you are growing now is very good.
After my friend left, I quickly looked up the pot-growing method for Tiepi Shihu, so I could share it with the many flower lovers. Such a good thing, flower lovers must all grow a few pots.
A survey found that small seedlings of this are now sold online. Flower lovers can buy a few and try growing them. When planting, put a few pieces of crushed stone at the bottom of the flower pot, so that it drains better. For the potting soil, leaf mold and coarse sand will do. Put it in a cool place with scattered light and good ventilation, keep the potting soil moist, and spray it with a little water often, and it will grow especially fast.
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