Snake Aconite is a wild herb that snakes fear at the sight of in the mountains, costing over a hundred yuan per jin and becoming a rare commodity

Introduction: A wild herb in the mountains that snakes fear at the sight of, known as "Snake Aconite," now costing over a hundred yuan per jin and becoming a rare commodity

In rural areas, once summer arrives, because the wild fields are too hot, many snakes will try every possible way to get into farmers' homes to cool off. So to prevent these snakes and insects from appearing in their homes in summer, farmers will choose to go up the mountains to pick some wild herbs with special effects and place them at their doorsteps to prevent snakes and insects from crawling in. A wild herb in the mountains that snakes fear at the sight of, known as Snake Aconite, now a rare commodity costing over a hundred yuan per jin.

This wild herb called Snake Aconite in rural dialect is actually properly named Tetrastigma hemsleyanum (three-leaf green). The reason it is called Snake Aconite is because snakes fear it at the sight and are unwilling to approach it, and if someone is accidentally bitten by a snake, it can help alleviate the toxins the snake has left in the body. It is precisely because of these functions that it has become a very valuable wild herb in the eyes of rural people. Once summer arrives, they all go into the mountains to pick some and keep them at home for emergencies.

Moreover, in recent years people have discovered that this Tetrastigma hemsleyanum, besides treating snake venom, has many other uses. It can be said that every part of it is a treasure. Its fruit, as well as its relatively large underground tuberous roots, are all good medicines for clearing heat, detoxifying and relieving pain. It can even be used to prevent some incurable diseases, such as cancer.

Now many people, because of these various uses of Tetrastigma hemsleyanum, have started buying it and selling it to herbal medicine shops. So people have been digging it up extensively in the mountains, and after a long time, the wild ones have almost been dug up to the point where they can no longer grow back. So some people have come up with ways to artificially cultivate this Snake Aconite. Perhaps in a few more years this will also be a path to wealth!

Have you ever seen this Tetrastigma hemsleyanum, which snakes fear at a single glance and which has so many uses?

▎Text and images: Edited by Xuanlang of Soilless Farm

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