What are the benefits and effects of Chinese milk vetch? A detailed explanation
Chinese milk vetch is one of the more common plants in China, mostly growing on mountain slopes and beside streams at altitudes of 400 to 3000 m. Its flowers are mostly purple, delicately bright in color, with small and exquisite petals that look very endearing. But in fact, Chinese milk vetch is not only for ornamental purposes; it also has many unexpected uses. Let us take a look together below.
Chinese milk vetch has a very strong nitrogen-fixing ability and is of great significance to the nitrogen cycle of farmland in China. At the same time, the non-toxic Chinese milk vetch can also be used as food. The whole plant of Chinese milk vetch can be used as medicine, and it is also one of the feeds for livestock such as cattle, horses and sheep. Below, Qinong Net introduces in detail the benefits and effects of Chinese milk vetch.
I. Ecological value
Chinese milk vetch is an important green manure crop. Its nitrogen-fixing ability is strong and its utilization efficiency is high, so when the plant decomposes it can greatly stimulate soil nitrogen, and in this way it plays an important role in maintaining the nitrogen cycle in the farmland ecosystem.
II. Edible value
Chinese milk vetch is one of the main nectar source plants in China, with a naturally fresh fragrance, bright and sweet. Chinese milk vetch honey is made from nectar collected by bees from Chinese milk vetch flowers and is produced by vacuum low-temperature concentration, ensuring the nutrition and activity of the honey: pure natural, sweet and rich in nutrients. In addition, Chinese milk vetch has auxiliary therapeutic effects on improving eyesight and reducing swelling, dispelling wind and promoting urination, and sore throat and cough, and is beneficial for improving anorexia, improving listlessness and weak qi and blood, making it an excellent health product.
III. Medicinal value
Chinese milk vetch can be used as medicine for symptoms such as sore throat and cough, and herpes bleeding. Its main effects are clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting urination and reducing swelling, activating blood circulation and improving eyesight, and its medicinal value is extremely high.
IV. Livestock feed
Besides being a green manure crop, Chinese milk vetch is also a kind of livestock feed. It has good palatability, all kinds of livestock like to eat it, and it is rich in nutrients. As a high-quality feed and protein supplement feed, Chinese milk vetch has excellent effects. In addition, Chinese milk vetch can also be used both as green manure and as forage grass, with an extremely high usable rate, so its livestock value is very high. However, when using Chinese milk vetch in livestock husbandry, note that although it can be used as feed for animals such as cattle, horses and sheep, it should not be used in excess, otherwise it may cause bloat.
The above is what Qinong Net has introduced about the benefits and effects of Chinese milk vetch. It can be seen that although this plant is very small as a single plant, its functions are very powerful. That is all for today's introduction by Qinong Net to the functions of Chinese milk vetch, and we hope it can deepen everyone's understanding of this plant.