Spring, delicious wild vegetables on the roadside, the first part

Shepherd's Purse

Shepherd's purse likes mild nature and can grow as long as there is enough sunlight and the soil is not too dry. Shepherd's purse is a cold-resistant vegetable with strong cold resistance. The plant will not be damaged at -5℃. Shepherd's purse has the effects of cooling blood and stopping bleeding, replenishing deficiency and strengthening the spleen, clearing away heat and promoting diuresis.

In spring, pick some tender stems and leaves or overwintering buds of shepherd's purse. After blanching, you can eat them cold, dip in sauce, make soup, or stir-fry. Shepherd's purse dumplings and shepherd's purse wontons are indispensable delicacies on the spring table. They can also be made into delicious shepherd's purse porridge.

purslane

Purslane, also known as purslane, purslane grass, and pentagonal grass, is generally reddish-brown with thick, obovate leaves. It contains nutrients such as protein thionine, riboflavin, and ascorbic acid. Because it contains a lot of acidic substances, it tastes a little sour when you eat it.

The medicinal functions of Portulaca oleracea are clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It can lower blood sugar concentration and maintain blood sugar constant, and has a certain effect on diabetes. There are many ways to eat it. After blanching, it can be stir-fried, served cold, or used as stuffing. Such as purslane mixed with garlic, purslane scrambled eggs, purslane stuffed buns, purslane porridge, etc.

Dandelion

Dandelion, also known as dandelion, has antibacterial, anti-edema, diuretic, heat-clearing and detoxifying effects. It can stimulate the body's immune function, achieve the effects of bile secretion and liver protection, and can prevent and treat lung cancer, gastric cancer, esophageal cancer and various tumors.

After blanching, dandelions can be eaten raw, stir-fried or made into soup. They can be mixed with jellyfish skin or stir-fried shredded pork. They can also be mixed with green tea, licorice, honey, etc. to make a cup of dandelion green tea that can clear away heat, detoxify and reduce swelling.

Bitter Herb

Dandelion, also known as chicory, has yellow-white stems. The leaves are rounded lanceolate, green on the surface and gray-green on the back. Dandelion is rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, iron and other elements, which can clear away heat, reduce swelling, remove blood stasis and detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding. Dandelion has an inhibitory effect on acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute and chronic myeloid leukemia.

The young leaves of dandelion can be eaten. They taste slightly bitter when eaten raw, but the bitterness can be removed by blanching them in boiling water. Dandelion can be stir-fried with meat, made into soup, or added with some soybean flour to make small tofu. It can also be blanched in boiling water and eaten with noodle sauce. Or you can make bitter vegetables with sesame paste, bitter vegetable porridge, etc.

Bracken

Bracken, also known as bracken, dragon head vegetable, and fist vegetable, can clear away heat and lubricate the intestines, reduce qi and resolve phlegm, and promote diuresis and calm the nerves. It is widely distributed in mainland China and Southeast Asia. Because it contains certain carcinogenic components, excessive consumption by cattle and sheep can lead to death, and human consumption can lead to an increased incidence of cancer.

Bracken tastes fresh, tender and smooth, and is known as the "king of mountain vegetables". There are many ways to eat bracken, it can be fried, roasted, simmered or stewed. In modern recipes, famous dishes cooked with bracken include Mushu bracken, dried shrimp bracken, fried bracken with meat, crispy bracken and many others. These dishes are popular among diners for their rosy color, tender texture, and strong fragrance.

Water celery

Water celery, also known as water celery and river celery, is a perennial herb that grows in low-lying paddy fields. It basically does not require pest control and is a pure natural and pollution-free green vegetable. Its young stems and petioles are eaten as vegetables.

Water celery is rich in vitamins and inorganic salts, among which calcium, phosphorus, iron, etc. are contained in high content. It has the effect of purifying human blood, lowering blood pressure and blood lipids.

Water celery has a long growing period and can be harvested at any time in autumn, winter and spring. It can be eaten cold or stir-fried with other meat dishes. It can also be made into water celery with dried shrimps, water celery with shredded pork, water celery and lamb dumplings, water celery mixed with peanuts, etc.

Osmanthus fragrans

Osmunda is rich in protein, multiple vitamins and trace elements such as potassium, calcium, phosphorus, etc. It also contains rare ecdysterone and tannin ingredients. It has anti-cancer, heat-clearing, and weight-loss effects, and has obvious inhibitory effects on influenza, Japanese encephalitis, etc.

The thick and tender green young leaves are collected in spring, blanched in boiling water and then stir-fried, or rubbed into dried vegetables or pickled. It is one of the main wild vegetable varieties exported by my country.

Platycodon grandiflorum

Platycodon grandiflorum is also called bright-leaf vegetable and monk's hat. Small blue flowers bloom at the ends of its branches. What we usually eat is Platycodon root.

It has expectorant, antitussive, analgesic, antipyretic, sedative, blood sugar lowering, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-tumor and antibacterial effects.

Thorn Buds

Prickly ash is a deciduous small tree, mainly distributed in the northeast region of my country. The bark and roots can be used as medicine. It has high medicinal value, has a stimulating and strengthening effect on the human body, and has good therapeutic effects on acute and chronic inflammation and various neurasthenia. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Aralia dahurica has the functions of replenishing qi and calming the mind, strengthening essence and nourishing the kidneys.

The young shoots of thorns can be used to cook dishes and make soups, or they can be pickled and made into fillings. They are nutritious, delicious and have a unique flavor. It has the effects of replenishing qi, promoting blood circulation, removing dampness, relieving pain, and nourishing the kidneys. Regular consumption is beneficial for treating rheumatic low back and leg pain, diabetes, nephritis, gastrointestinal ulcers and trauma. It is used by the people to treat diarrhea, dysentery and other diseases. It has the effect of nourishing yin and moistening the throat. It also has a therapeutic effect on sore throat, diarrhea, malnutrition and other symptoms.

Garlic Root

Garlic stalks, also known as leek and small root vegetable, are irregular oval in shape, with a yellow-white or light yellow-brown surface and a protruding bulb disk at the bottom. Its stems and leaves look very much like garlic, and it also tastes like onions and garlic.

The main ways to eat it include garlic mixed with tofu, garlic and white fungus porridge, garlic scrambled eggs, etc.