A wild herb that warms the whole body, very useful for women during postpartum confinement, dried it sells for 300 yuan per jin
There are many magical plants in the countryside, and more or less they all have some medicinal value, which is why Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs, testing their medicinal properties and toxicity, all in order to develop the medicinal value of these wild herbs! On the mountains in the countryside, there is just such a wild herb called Guanyin Chuan. No one knew about it before, but later it was discovered to be very good for the human body, so it gradually became a wild medicinal herb, and its value soared!
This wild herb is also called "Yishen Nuan" (warm all over), because when this wild herb is stewed into soup and drunk, its nourishing effect is very good, and after eating it the whole body feels warm, which is how it got this nickname. This wild herb is very useful for women during postpartum confinement, with a very good nourishing and moisturizing effect, and it is very good for the body. Because of this special effect, after this wild herb is dried, one jin is worth 300 yuan, which is a very high price indeed!
Although Guanyin Chuan is not a very precious plant, it is very rare in the north. Only some old herbal farmers in the south can recognize it in the wild. Generally, when old farmer uncles see it, they will dig it up, dry the roots and stems, and then take them to the market to sell, or directly take them to a collection point. The purchase price at pharmacies is very high: fully dried it is 300 yuan per jin, and undried it is 100 yuan per jin. Although this plant is very expensive, the amount used is very small. For making tea, cooking soup or stewing dishes, only a few slices are needed, and one jin can last quite a long time.
Guanyin Chuan tastes sweet with a slight bitterness, and has the properties of tonifying blood and qi, strengthening the body, removing dampness and dissipating blood stasis. For girls, this wild herb is a dedicated tonic. When girls have irregular menstruation or painful periods, they can add the dried wild herb to stewed dishes, stewed chicken soup and so on, and drinking more of it has a very good relieving effect! When a woman is in postpartum confinement, its effect is even greater. In the south, this is a default practice: during confinement, using the roots of this wild herb to stew chicken soup or fish soup has a very strong nourishing effect, and after eating it the whole body feels very warm. A habit that has been passed down from ancient times to today must have no small effect!
Actually, Guanyin Chuan is not only for women to eat; men can eat it too. It is just that in the past this plant was hard to find even in the mountains, and its effect on women during confinement was very great, so it was all given to women to eat. Eating more Guanyin Chuan can tonify qi and blood, strengthen the physique, improve the body's immune function and boost immunity. Adding Guanyin Chuan to stewed dishes can also eliminate fatigue and restore energy. Many farmers, after finishing a day of farm work, like to eat some soup dishes with Guanyin Chuan added. The whole body feels warm and cozy, and it can relieve sore waists and backaches and physical fatigue, making them very comfortable!
Previously this plant was only popular in some mountain villages. Later, as urban and rural information merged, this plant with high value as both medicine and food naturally became known to city people. Because its effect is very good and it is a relatively safe herbal medicine, it quickly swept the market, and the price kept rising, until artificially cultivated ones appeared, only then did the price ease somewhat. But it is still in short supply, especially wild Guanyin Chuan, which is even more something you can only chance upon and cannot seek. Even now, if farmers dig some up, they will not sell it and will keep it to eat themselves.
Have you ever seen this plant in your hometown? What do you call it where you are?
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