It can be used as diet grass and antihypertensive vegetables, mainly distributed in Yunnan, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Northeast China. Cold-resistant and heat-resistant, it grows on hillsides, wasteland and rivers.
It has been recorded in The Book of Songs and Compendium of Materia Medica for a long time, so it is a kind of edible and medicinal potherb. It not only tastes delicious, but also can lower blood pressure, reduce blood fat, nourish liver and stomach, clear away heat and toxic materials, diminish inflammation, lose weight, keep fit and grow hair. People often use it to treat infectious hepatitis, hypertension, cancer and other diseases. Artemisia annua has the reputation of "the crown of wild vegetables", "life-saving vegetables" and "the first edible herb". Artemisia annua can be served with cold salad, fried bacon and fried dried bean curd. Sauté ed stinky tofu with Artemisia annua is an ancient famous dish in Nanjing, which was eaten by emperors in the past. Nowadays, fried bacon with Artemisia annua has become a famous dish in Shanghai.
Plant morphology and distribution: Artemisia selengensis, alias Artemisia selengensis, is a perennial herb of Compositae. Its tender stems and leaves are edible, fresh and pleasant, and delicious. It is mainly distributed under the forest edge wetlands, river bank wetlands, swamps and willow bushes in the north and south of Daxing 'anling. It is a kind of wild vegetable with rich nutrition and flavor that people generally like to eat.
◆ Nutritional components: Every100g of Artemisia annua contains 87g of water, 3.6g of protein, 0.5g of ash/kloc-0, 0.0075g of carotene139g, 0.0075mg of thiamine, 49mg of vitamin C, 730mg of calcium, 2.9mg of iron and 259.59 mg of various amino acids.
Efficacy: Chrysanthemum morifolium buds are bitter, pungent and wet in nature. It has the functions of "breaking blood, removing blood stasis, lowering qi and dredging collaterals", and is mainly used to treat postpartum blood stasis, abdominal distension and pain, and has the functions of strengthening the spleen, detoxifying and relieving summer heat.
How to eat: You can mix sauce, cold salad, scrambled eggs, stew, rinse, crispy fried and so on. Light, fragrant and green, delicious.