Hello! This kind of grass is edible, especially among people who are in health care, and many people like to eat it. It has many functions, especially more than 30 years ago, many people in rural areas knew that medicine was developed now, and young people born after 90 may not know much about Cirsium japonicum.

Understand thistle

Cirsium japonicum is another name of Cirsium japonicum, which belongs to Compositae and is a kind of high-quality wild vegetable. Perennial herb, the underground part is longer than the aboveground part, and the rhizome is longer. The stems are erect, the young stems are covered with white spider-like hairs and spines, the height is 30-80 cm (100-120), the base diameter is 3-5 mm ... sometimes it can reach 1 cm, the upper part is branched, and the inflorescence branches are hairless or have fine fluff.

Become attached to thistle

Cirsium japonicum is called barnyard grass in rural areas of China. When I was a child, I often saw this kind of grass when I mowed cattle at home. At that time, because I was afraid of its thorns, I often avoided when I saw this grass. I became attached to thistle because of a nosebleed. At that time, nosebleeds often happened. A relative in my family is a country doctor, saying that I have a nosebleed because of blood flow. Cirsium japonicum has the effect of cooling blood. If I drink it with thistle, it can cure nosebleeds.

Function of thistle

On that day, my mother dug some from the ground, washed it with clear water and cooked it for me to drink. Strange to say, the nosebleed really stopped after drinking the water boiled by Cirsium japonicum for a few days. Today, I have discovered other functions of Cirsium japonicum, besides cooling blood, it also has the functions of stopping bleeding, removing blood stasis and reducing swelling, which are mostly used for epistaxis, hematemesis, hematuria, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, traumatic bleeding, carbuncle, swelling, sores and so on.

How to eat thistle and its function

Cirsium japonicum is a kind of medicinal and edible weed, and it is also a kind of wild vegetable rich in various nutrients. Spinach is rich in dietary fiber, carotene and protein. These active ingredients are beneficial to human absorption, can promote blood water metabolism in the body, and have the characteristics of diuresis and edema elimination. Dietary fiber is beneficial to eliminate endotoxin in organic matter.

In a word, Cirsium japonicum is a good food for both medicine and food. Can be boiled, fried, fried, eaten raw or mixed with noodles. It has unique flavor and excellent nutritional value. Even in today's advanced technology, we can't forget it.