Potentilla anserina is also called ginseng fruit. Mention it, people will immediately think of the story of the Monkey King stealing ginseng fruit in the novel The Journey to the West. In fact, there are real ginseng fruits in the world, but not the kind that can live for a hundred years. It belongs to Potentilla of Rosaceae. Perennial herbs. The whole plant is laid flat on the ground in a thick net shape. Sprouting in spring, many purple whiskers grow in summer, crawling on the ground, extending in all directions, taking root outside the festival, like a spider web. Its leaves are dark green on the front, feathers on the back, and dense white fluff is like goose down, so it is also called Potentilla anserina. The root is slender, and the middle or end of the root expands into spindle or ball. Dig roots in spring and autumn. The stems are long, with stolons and adventitious roots on the nodes, forming new plants. Feather compound leaves with gray hairs on the back. Flowers solitary, yellow and achene. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to September. Widely distributed in Ningxia, Qinghai, Ningxia and Qinghai alpine regions, the tuberous roots are hypertrophy, high yield and good quality. Born near meadows and flood plains at an altitude of1700-4300m. Living in wet and cold areas is extremely vital and often forms large-scale communities. The air-dried root tuber contains 77% moisture, 3.09% ash, 2.97% reducing sugar, 1.20% sucrose, 3.30% starch, 8.34% pentosan, 6. 19% protein and10.76. Potentilla anserina is a wild plant in Rosaceae plateau, which contains vitamins, magnesium, zinc, potassium and calcium. It has high medicinal and nutritional value, and has the functions of invigorating stomach and spleen, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, benefiting qi and enriching blood, so Tibetan doctors call it Zhuolao Friar Sand, which is often used as medicine. The whole grass that blooms in June and July can also stop bleeding, relieve cough and resolve phlegm, and can also nourish. Potentilla anserina contains a lot of starch, protein, fat, inorganic salts and vitamins, so if it is eaten for a long time, it does have the effect of prolonging the life of ginseng, so it is called ginseng fruit.

[How to eat]

Potentilla anserina is a good raw material for porridge and stew. In this case, three cases are cited:

(1) This product can be boiled with lily, lotus seeds, wolfberry, tremella, red dates, raisins and rice for about 30 minutes, and then added with a little sugar to make a fragrant and refreshing eight-treasure porridge, which tastes better after cooling.

(2) Mix this product with millet, red dates and brown sugar, add water, and it will be slightly burnt until the porridge is rotten, which is more easily absorbed by the human body.

(3) Add Angelica sinensis, hen and Lycium barbarum into this product, put it in a soup basin and cook it with low fire until the chicken is cooked thoroughly, and you can make delicious dishes.