The first kind: cattail grass is the most common weed in rural roadside, vegetable garden and field, and it is distributed almost all over the country. The root system of cattail is very developed, which is difficult to remove, and it will compete with crops for water, nutrients and light energy, so many farmers hate it, but cattail is also a valuable weed because of its medicinal value. Niujincao has the functions of expelling wind and promoting diuresis, clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. Can be used for preventing and treating epidemic encephalitis B and meningitis, and clearing away heat and relieving summer heat. In addition, boiled water with fresh beef tendon can also be made into herbal tea, which is sweet in itself, so the boiled herbal tea has a faint sweetness even without sugar. The author's mother once told me that in their time, they often boiled water with beef tendon, and the school at that time also boiled water with beef tendon for children to prevent Japanese encephalitis.
The second kind: Prunella vulgaris is a kind of wet grass, wasteland and roadside that likes to grow in ravines, wetlands or on both sides of river banks. Widely distributed in all parts of China, especially in rural areas in the south. Its spikes turn yellow in summer, hence its name. Prunella vulgaris is also a common folk medicinal plant, and its flowers turn yellow, which is also the best period of its medicinal value, so in summer, many farmers who are familiar with it will go to the roadside and mountains to pick them. Prunella vulgaris mainly has the functions of clearing away heat and purging fire, improving eyesight, dispersing stagnation and reducing swelling. The most common usage among the people is making soup and boiling herbal tea. It can be said that it is perfect to cook herbal tea with Prunella vulgaris in summer. You might as well know about it.
The third type: honeysuckle honeysuckle is very common in the market, but the price is not cheap. But honeysuckle is also a common weed on the roadside in rural mountainous areas. It is distributed in the south of the Yellow River in China, and its plants are easy to identify, and this season is just the season when it blooms. So if you go to the mountains and see any kind of plants with golden and silver flowers, they are basically honeysuckle. Of course, there are exceptions in the southern region. There is a poisonous plant called Gelsemium, which blooms a bit like honeysuckle, so you must pay attention when picking it. Honeysuckle can also be made into herbal tea, but its own taste is a bit bitter, so when using honeysuckle as herbal tea, you can add some sugar if you are afraid of bitterness. The main function of honeysuckle is to clear away heat and detoxify, and boiling water can clear away heat and reduce fire in summer.
The fourth kind: perilla. There must be some friends here who will be curious. Isn't perilla used to fry snails? This is a vegetable. In fact, perilla frutescens is also a good medicinal plant, which has a long history of application in China. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Su is a kind of glutinous rice with a pungent taste, so Er Ya is called cinnamon." As a medicinal plant, Perilla frutescens has the functions of sweating, relieving cough, aromatic invigorating stomach, diuresis and detoxification. Used to make soup or water in summer, the effect is very good. In the south of China, there is a very famous summer drink called "perilla drink", which is made of perilla.
Grass capable of making herbal tea