Especially in recent years, although the social economy has made great progress.

People's living standards have also been greatly improved, and the living environment has also been greatly improved. On the contrary, many people living in cities are increasingly longing for rural life.

In rural areas, there are pastoral pleasures of "picking chrysanthemums under the east fence and seeing Nanshan leisurely", interlacing of "monks knocking on the moon door" like a mountain, and peasant hospitality of "not laughing at the fragrance of peasant wine and staying for a good year".

All these constitute the beauty of a rural paradise.

In the country, we can breathe the first ray of sunshine and fresh air in the morning.

We can go up the mountain, we can go down to the ground, and there are countless lives given by nature.

Remember to catch dragonflies, fish shrimp, pick up horse bubbles and pick wild vegetables, especially some common shepherd's purse and dandelion.

In fact, there is also a common wild vegetable-Oxford grass.

I think it must be strange for everyone to hear this name!

First, beef tendon grass

Niujincao is its scientific name, and most people call it "Ten Contributions".

In fact, this wild vegetable is the most common one we usually see in the wild.

I don't know if you still remember, when we pull weeds, we often encounter a kind of weeds that are particularly difficult to pull.

Sometimes I can't pull my strength for a long time.

This is "beef tendon grass".

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that it is really grass as its name implies, and its leaves are as tough as beef tendon. The reason why "beef tendon grass" is so difficult to pull out is because its root system is also very developed, as if it is as heavy as a thousand pounds, so this is also the origin of "a thousand pounds of grass".

Whenever people go to pull weeds, they will uproot them with hoes when they meet cattail grass.

However, the vitality of this kind of grass is particularly strong, which is an ancient poem: the vast grass sea, the mountain fire does not go out.

So this kind of grass has also brought great trouble to farmers.

In fact, what we don't know is that people may hate it because it will affect the crops in the field.

In fact, this kind of grass still has high utilization value.

Second, the value of cattail grass

Niucaocao

Because of its tenacity, people are used to tying old cows with its characteristics.

Of course, it's a little wasteful if it's only used to tie old cows, because grass can be eaten, so it's also the best feed for cattle, sheep and horses.

2. Medicinal value

When I was a child, I remember that my mother would often cut some beef tendon back, then put some beef tendon in a footbath with boiling water and mix it with boiled beef tendon. I'm confused.

Mom said that this kind of beef tendon is very comfortable for scalding feet, and it can also reduce swelling and relieve pain after scalding.

Later, when I grew up, I came into contact with some knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine, and I realized that Niujincao was actually a Chinese herbal medicine.

Just like my mother soaked her feet with whole grass, the beef tendon was covered with medicinal materials.

Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing blood stasis, stopping bleeding, expelling wind and promoting diuresis.

I didn't expect the folk earthwork to correspond to its curative effect. Perhaps this is the wisdom of the people.

Oxfordia is commonly used in clinic: dermatosis and rheumatism.

Viral encephalitis and so on. All because it can clear away heat and detoxify.

Of course, it has many functions: for example, cold and fever, jaundice, hepatitis, indigestion in children, and traumatic injury all have very good use effects.

Third, the growth habits of Typha latifolia

Oxford grass has no special growth habit and is not picky about environment, temperature, climate and humidity. It is a grass with particularly strong vitality.

Generally speaking, summer is the most prosperous season for cattail growth.

Therefore, many people will also collect beef tendon according to this feature.

Fourth, collect the ox grass.

Because beef tendon is used very frequently in ordinary people's lives.

Therefore, this kind of collection has existed since ancient times and also reflects the wisdom of ordinary people.

Old people usually gather the beef tendon at its peak.

Then dry in the sun, preferably in the shade, and then completely dry before sealing.

When using, you can take a proper amount of beef tendon to soak your feet.

You can usually charge more. After all, this kind of grass is abundant only in summer and can be used for a whole year

If your leg hurts and your skin itches, you can always take it out to soak your feet.

It is very convenient to collect and use.

Summary:

Folk small recipes are great wisdom in life. As the older generation often said, weeds are also treasures.

Now I really understand.

In fact, it is not only beef tendon grass, but also many weeds, such as dandelion and amaranth. Now everyone recognizes it. These weeds have their own value, both medicinal value.

Unfortunately, these values have only been gradually discovered in recent years.

Considering that people used a lot of herbicides to kill these weeds at that time, maybe they really used the value of that sentence.

What we should do is not to destroy, but to use these seemingly harmful resources.

Maybe that's why everything is complementary.