Wild vegetables are not only delicious, Chinese nutritionists have analyzed nearly 100 kinds of edible wild vegetables, and found that wild vegetables have high nutritional value, can provide high-quality protein, and are rich in inorganic salts such as vitamins, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, manganese and zinc, and various trace elements needed by human body. The protein of some natural wild vegetables is 20% higher than that of ordinary vegetables.
Wild vegetables have higher medicinal value. Eating wild vegetables often can prevent and treat many diseases. For example, shepherd's purse has the effects of harmonizing the spleen and stomach, improving eyesight and stopping bleeding, and diuresis and detoxification; Osmunda japonica has the function of clearing heat and lowering blood pressure; Portulaca oleracea has the function of preventing dysentery, and has good curative effect on diseases such as gastric and duodenal ulcer and oral ulcer. Many wild vegetables have long been recorded in ancient medical books and dietotherapy in China.
Wild vegetables are also the biggest advantage. They naturally grow in fields and mountains, and do not need artificial cultivation and fertilization, so there is no pesticide pollution and chemical fertilizer pollution. As long as you choose to eat it in a targeted way, it will definitely play a role in health care.
purslane
Portulaca oleracea, also known as Malantou, has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, stopping dysentery, diminishing inflammation and detoxifying. The medicinal value of Malantou has been recorded by doctors in past dynasties. Compendium of Materia Medica records: "Portulaca oleracea can promote blood circulation and reduce swelling, strengthen tendons and prevent miscarriage, and detoxify and stop arthralgia". Modern medical research shows that Malantou has obvious antibacterial effect on Escherichia coli, Shigella dysenteriae and Salmonella typhi. It has a strong inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, so it has the reputation of "natural antibiotics".
According to the research of scientists, purslane is rich in norepinephrine, potassium salt, various amino acids, sugars, alkaloids, coumarin, flavonoids, cardiac glycosides and so on. Therefore, it has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting diuresis and removing dampness, promoting blood circulation and reducing swelling, and can prevent and treat acute and chronic dysentery, enteritis, hookworm disease, acute appendicitis, scrofula, furuncle and suppurative diseases.
American scientists have found that the incidence of heart disease and cancer in the Mediterranean region is lower than that in other regions because of frequent consumption of purslane. French people with low incidence of heart disease like to mix purslane with salad. This is because purslane is rich in fatty acids, which can inhibit the production of serum cholesterol and triglycerides, so it is a beneficial substance to protect the heart. Therefore, eating Portulaca oleracea regularly can prevent platelet aggregation, coronary artery spasm and thrombosis, thus effectively preventing and treating coronary heart disease.
Portulaca oleracea also contains potassium. Modern medical research shows that high-potassium diet has a certain antihypertensive effect. Medical scientists believe that potassium ions in the blood can directly act on the blood vessel wall after ingesting a proper amount of various potassium salts of purslane, effectively protecting blood vessels from infringement; In addition, it can also reduce the incidence of hypertensive stroke.
Portulaca oleracea can be eaten cold or fried, especially when you have a bad appetite. Pick fresh purslane, wash it with boiling water, soak it in cold boiling water, and then take it out. Add garlic powder, vinegar, salt, sesame oil, pepper and other condiments, and it tastes sour and fragrant. If collected for medicine, 50 grams of dried purslane or 200 grams of fresh purslane can be decocted with sugar twice a day; You can also use freshly mashed fruit juice, add a little honey, and take it with boiling water.
Edible tender leaves for braking.
Pteridium aquilinum is a fresh wild vegetable that China people like to eat. In Japan, bracken is regarded as a wild treasure.
According to scientific analysis, Pteridium aquilinum is rich in nutrition, including protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene and so on. It has high medicinal value. Its roots, stems, leaves and seedlings can all be used as medicine. Has tranquilizing, blood pressure lowering, diuretic, detoxicating, dehumidifying and anthelmintic effects, and can be used for treating dysentery, enteritis, dizziness, insomnia, hypertension and arthritis.
It should be noted that bracken contains a harmful substance called "pt", and the content is extremely small. Therefore, after the tender leaves of Pteridium aquilinum are collected, it is best to marinate them twice with salt, which will destroy most of the "pt" and is harmless.
shepherd's purse
It tastes sweet and is the earliest edible wild vegetable in early spring. There is a folk saying that "shepherd's purse is a panacea on March 3".
The wild shepherd's purse in early spring has green and tender leaves, delicious taste and rich nutrition. According to the determination, every 100g of wild shepherd's purse contains 4.2g of protein, 0.32g of fat, 4.8g of sugar, 4.4mg of vitamin C, other vitamins and various inorganic salts, as well as oxalic acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, sulfanilic acid, corydalis tuber and other organic acids.
The carotene content of shepherd's purse is almost the same as that of carrot. Because it contains 10 kinds of essential amino acids, it tastes extremely delicious and can also play a role in seasoning after cooking.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that wild shepherd's purse is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and has the effects of regulating spleen and promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and improving eyesight, and can treat dysentery, menorrhagia and red eyes and pain. Recently it has been reported that it can be used to treat nephritis, edema, chyluria and other diseases. Capsaicin acid in shepherd's purse can shorten coagulation time and has obvious hemostatic effect. Its extract can be used for patients with various bleeding (hemoptysis, hematochezia and uterine bleeding). Modern research has found that shepherd's purse has similar effects to ergot and oxytocin, and its extract has obvious contraction effect on isolated uterus and intestine of animals. Shepherd's purse also has the function of lowering blood pressure, which can prevent hypertension and stroke.
dandelion
Dandelion is also a high-quality wild vegetable resource in early spring, which is a rare vegetable rich in vitamins, and the vitamin A content is more than 1 of the same amount of carrots.