Artemisia argyi is an edible herb. The stem is thin and soft, the leaves are the size of bee wings, the fluff is fine, silvery gray, sticky, tough and soft, and delicious. It has the effects of preventing miscarriage, preventing diabetes, strengthening spleen and stomach, and expelling wind and dampness, and is often used for making soup or cooking Tian Ai rice.
There are two kinds of wormwood, one is called big wormwood, which has a particularly pungent smell and cannot be eaten. Only used for Dragon Boat Festival or women's boiling water for bathing to drive away evil spirits;
Everything revives in spring, and the grass grows and warblers fly. This is the heyday of Tian Ai's growth, and the fields waiting for spring ploughing are covered with gray-green Tian Ai. Tian Ai, about 10 cm high, has pink leaves and white flowers in the middle, which gives people a fluffy feeling.
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You can make Tian Ai Ciba, a traditional snack in Guangdong. Chew in your mouth and enjoy in your throat and nose. The main raw materials are wormwood paste (that is, Tian Ai) and glutinous rice flour.
This is a snack made by mashing wormwood (that is, Tian Ai) growing on the ridge and steaming it with glutinous rice flour or sticky rice flour. Tian Ai's hair clip tastes sweet and has a special fragrance. Chew it carefully and you can enjoy it in your throat and nose.
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