Spring and April are the most prosperous seasons for wild vegetables. When you go out for an outing at this time, you will always meet some seasonal wild vegetables. Not only can you breathe fresh air and keep fit, but you can also pick all kinds of wild vegetables at will. Is a very pleasant thing, life is actually so simple and happy!
In April, don't be soft when you meet two kinds of wild vegetables. It's delicious and disease-free, and it can detoxify the body!
1 Commelina communis
Commelina communis is a very common weed in rural areas, which can be seen everywhere on roadsides, fields, river banks and hillsides. In summer, it has dark blue flowers that look like butterflies, hence the name Cuibutterfly.
Commelina communis has many nicknames in rural areas, because its leaves are similar to bamboo leaves, so it is called bamboo leaf vegetable, and because it is often put away for feeding geese, it is also called goose dish.
In fact, Commelina communis is a very delicious weed, and its tender stems and leaves can be collected in spring for cooking, cold salad and soup. It is delicious and nutritious, and contains a lot of nutrients needed by human body, such as protein, fat, crude fiber, ascorbic acid, calcium, phosphorus and iron.
Commelina communis not only has high therapeutic value, but also has high medicinal value. It is a herbal medicine with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis and detumescence, and can be used to treat dysentery, intestinal carbuncle, furuncle, breast sore, dysuria, common cold, nosebleeds, hematuria, bloody collapse, leucorrhea, sore throat, erysipelas and other diseases.
2. Hedyotis diffusa
Although there is only one word difference between Hedyotis diffusa and Commelina communis, the two plants are completely different. Hedyotis diffusa belongs to Euphorbiaceae, while Commelina communis belongs to Panicum.
Hedyotis diffusa is named after its leaves resemble duck tongues. Hedyotis diffusa mostly lives in the shallow water of wetlands, paddy fields, ponds or ditches, and is also common in rural areas.
Hedyotis diffusa has blue flowers in summer, and its young leaves can be picked as wild vegetables in spring. You can blanch it with boiling water first, and then eat it cold or fried. It has unique taste and rich nutrition, and contains protein, fat, cellulose, phosphorus, calcium and various vitamins.
Most wild vegetables have certain medicinal effects, and Hedyotis diffusa is no exception. It has the effects of cooling blood, purging fire, relieving swelling and detoxicating, and can be used for treating common cold, high fever, cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis, hematemesis, metrorrhagia, dysentery, stranguria, enteritis, erysipelas, sore throat, and gingival swelling and pain.
Dear friends, are there Commelina communis and Hedyotis diffusa in your hometown? These two kinds of weeds are very common in rural areas and are also seasonal wild vegetables in spring. If you go out for an outing in spring and meet these two kinds of wild vegetables, don't be soft. Pick up a bag and pack it and take it home. It is delicious and nutritious. The key is not to spend money, but to detoxify your side.