Wild vegetables are pure natural nutritional value and have high medicinal value. Recommended recipes for various wild vegetables.

Mountain celery, purslane, fungus, dog liver, etc., have you ever eaten any of these vegetables? In fact, these are wild vegetables that grow naturally in the wild without the addition of fertilizers or pesticides. Don't underestimate these wild vegetables. They are pure natural green foods. They contain trace elements that are not found in common vegetables. They have very high nutritional value. Some of them can even be used medicinally! Now youyouii.com will introduce some ways to eat wild vegetables!

medicinal value

1. Purslane treats diabetes

Purslane is also called purslane and longevity vegetable. Generally reddish brown, the leaves are thick and obovate, so they are named because they look like horse teeth. It contains protein, fat, thionine, riboflavin, ascorbic acid and other nutrients. Since it contains a lot of acidic substances, it will feel slightly sour when you eat it.

The medicinal functions of purslane are to clear away heat, detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding. Because it is rich in norepinephrine, it can promote the secretion of insulin from the pancreatic islets, regulate the body's sugar metabolism process, reduce blood sugar concentration, and keep blood sugar constant, so it has a certain therapeutic effect on diabetes. In addition, it also contains an unsaturated fatty acid called 3-W, which can inhibit the production of cholesterol and triglycerides and has a protective effect on cardiovascular disease. There are many ways to eat it. After blanching, it can be fried, served cold, or stuffed. For example, stir-fry eggs with purslane, steam steamed buns stuffed with purslane, or cook some garlic purslane porridge that can clear away heat and stop diarrhea.

2. Dandelion is good for the liver

Dandelion, also known as dandelion, mother-in-law, and dandelion, has been seen by many people in the wild. Its pollen contains vitamins and linoleic acid, while its branches and leaves contain choline, amino acids and trace elements.

The main functions of dandelion are to clear away heat, detoxify, reduce swelling and be a diuretic. It has broad-spectrum antibacterial effects, can also stimulate the body's immune function, and achieve choleretic and hepatoprotective effects. It can be eaten raw, stir-fried or made into soup after blanching, such as jellyfish skin mixed with dandelion, dandelion fried shredded pork; it 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.

3. Bitter vegetables can inhibit leukemia

The scientific name of bitter vegetable is hemp or endive. The stems are yellow-white; the leaves are round-lanceolate, green on the surface and gray-green on the back; the flowers are bright yellow and tongue-shaped. Dried bitter herbs are rich in potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, sodium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper and other elements. Bitter vegetables can clear away heat and dampness, reduce swelling and expel pus, remove stasis and detoxify, cool blood and stop bleeding. The concentrated ethanol extract of bitter vegetable decoction has inhibitory effects on acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute and chronic myelogenous leukemia. The more common ways to eat it include minced garlic mixed with bitter vegetables, mixed with bitter vegetables in sauce, and roasted pork liver with bitter vegetables.

Bitter greens is a perennial herbaceous vegetable with abundant resources. It is the whole plant or root of the Asteraceae plant. Harvest in early spring, wash and use fresh or sun-dried. Born in mountains and wilderness, it is a field weed. It is generally harvested in early spring, washed, and used fresh or sun-dried. It is named after its purple flowers, which grow along ditches and hillsides and are scattered and concentrated. Different picking times have different medicinal effects. Only by digging at the right time can the medicinal efficacy be guaranteed. It was used to satisfy hunger in the 1950s and 1960s. Its origin is located in Guannan, in the northeastern part of Jiangsu Province. The growth conditions of bitter herbs are demanding and must meet the elements of sufficient sunlight, mild climate and abundant rainfall. It is rich in carotene, amino acids, and minerals. In particular, bitter herbs contain polysaccharides, resins, fruit acids, choline, mannitol and other substances, which have good disease prevention and treatment effects.

4. Bracken has a calming effect

Bracken, also known as bracken and faucet, is relatively common among wild vegetables. When the bracken leaves are curled, it means that they are relatively fresh and tender. The leaves will stretch out when they are old.

Eating bracken can clear away heat and smooth the intestines, reduce qi and resolve phlegm, diuresis and calm the nerves. However, it is best to soak dried bracken or salted bracken in water to restore it before eating. Common ways to eat it include stir-fried shredded bracken, braised pork with bracken, and cold bracken.

5. Platycodon can resist ulcers

Platycodon is also called bright leaf vegetable and monk's hat. It is what Korean people call Daolaji. It can produce small blue flowers at the ends of its branches. What we usually eat is Platycodon root. It has expectorant, antitussive, analgesic, antipyretic, sedative, hypoglycemic, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer, anti-tumor and antibacterial effects.

6. Eat shepherd’s purse to replenish deficiency and strengthen the spleen.

The flowering period of shepherd's purse is from April to June. People can often see dots of white shepherd's purse flowers in the fields. Its main therapeutic effects are cooling blood and stopping bleeding, tonifying deficiency and strengthening the spleen, clearing away heat and diluting water. In spring, pick some young stems and leaves or overwintering buds of shepherd's purse, blanch them and cook them cold, dip them in sauce, make soup, stuffing, stir-fry, or make delicious shepherd's purse porridge.

7. Eat more amaranth in hot weather

The roots of amaranth are generally purple or lavender; the colors vary slightly in different regions. The ones in the north are mostly green or slightly purple, with lighter stems with few branches and green or lavender stripes; the leaves are oval. .

We generally eat the relatively tender stems and leaves of amaranth, which have the functions of clearing away heat, diuresis, detoxifying, nourishing yin and moisturizing dryness. In addition to stir-frying, cold salad, and soup, amaranth is also commonly used as stuffing. For example, cold amaranth, shredded amaranth chicken, amaranth dumplings, etc.

8. Thorny shoots nourish the kidneys and nourish essence.

Spiny buds are also called spiny dragon buds and Aralia liaodungensis. They mainly grow in shrubs and forest clearings. It is not a herbaceous plant like other wild vegetables, but a woody plant. Its bark is gray and covered with thick and hard thorns; its flowers are light yellowish white; its fruits are berries, spherical and black.

The edible part of the thorn sprouts, mainly its sprouts, can nourish qi, activate blood circulation, expel wind, diuresis, relieve pain, nourish kidney and nourish essence, etc.

9. Small root garlic prevents arteriosclerosis

Small root garlic is also known as sage and small root vegetables. Its stems and leaves look like garlic and have the smell of onions and garlic. Its function is to unblock yang and transform qi, open the chest and dissipate stagnation, promote qi stagnation, treat dysentery, inhibit the increase in peroxide esters in the blood of patients with hyperlipidemia, and prevent atherosclerosis. The main ways to eat it are to mix small garlic with tofu, or make some small garlic and white fungus porridge.

There are more than 300 kinds of wild vegetables in my country, and there are more than 100 common ones with high nutritional content. Wild vegetables growing in fields and mountainous areas, because they grow naturally without artificial cultivation and without pesticide pollution, provide humans with an inexhaustible supply of edible dishes, enriching and regulating people's diet.

Wild vegetables not only enrich the dining table, they are also a good medicine for preventing and curing diseases. Dandelion has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying, and is a delicacy for patients with diabetes and hepatitis. Purslane can reduce inflammation and detoxify, prevent dysentery, and has unique curative effects on gastritis, duodenal ulcers, and oral ulcers. Shepherd's purse can clear the liver, improve eyesight, stop bleeding, harmonize the spleen and stomach, and lower blood pressure. It is mainly used for dysentery, hepatitis, hypertension, gynecological diseases, eye diseases, measles in children, etc. There is a folk saying that "shepherd's purse is a panacea." Wild amaranth has the effect of clearing away heat and promoting dampness, and can treat dysentery, enteritis, bladder stones, goiter, sore throat, etc. The functions of bitter herbs are to clear away heat, cool blood, detoxify, and can treat dysentery, jaundice, anal fistula, snake bites, etc. The functions of gray cabbage are to remove moisture, detoxify, and kill insects. It can be used for itching all over the body or skin eczema. The functions of bracken are to clear away heat, diuresis, replenish qi, and nourish yin. It can be used for high fever, coma, muscle and bone pain, difficulty in urination, etc.

In addition, collecting wild vegetables itself has the effect of both health and material harvest. It is a good way to keep fit. First of all, picking wild vegetables can train your eyes. You can bend down and stare at a piece of fresh green, and you will suddenly feel clear and clear. Secondly, squatting down from time to time is of great benefit to moving your waist and legs. Wild vegetables have been regarded as an ideal vegetable and good medicine with both medicinal and food properties, and are known as natural food and health food. Today, when people are returning to their original nature, fresh and pollution-free wild vegetables are gradually favored by people. "Home dishes are not as fragrant as wild vegetables." When you are tired of eating high-fat foods, you might as well eat some fresh wild vegetables selectively to change your taste. It increases your appetite and is good for your health.

Wild vegetable recipes

Dog liver vegetable: The whole plant can be used for medicinal purposes, and the leaves can be stir-fried or boiled into soup.

【Red dates and green grass tea】

After washing the dog liver vegetables and red dates, put them in an electric pot and add water to cover the vegetables.

2 cups of water in outer pot for cooking

With the fragrance of red dates and green grass, it is very thirst-quenching

Wild vegetables are natural and nutritious. Do you know how to eat them?

Thirst-reducing vegetables: suitable for stir-frying and fried eggs

[Vegetable egg]

Remove the cabbage leaves and cut into small pieces

Mix evenly with diced pumpkin, eggs and salt

Fry the bottom until fragrant, then place it in the oven and bake the surface until golden brown.

Wild vegetables are natural and nutritious. Do you know how to eat them?

Fungus: high in calcium and iron, with a smooth and tender texture, suitable for quick frying over high heat

【Chicken with two ears and vegetables】

Fry the shredded chicken until fragrant, add the fungus and stir-fry quickly

Chop the white fungus, stir-fry, add water and simmer

Wild vegetables are natural and nutritious. Do you know how to eat them?

Purslane: also known as natural antibiotics, contains a large amount of Omega3 

【Cold spicy bean curd】

Soak purslane in hot water for about 5 minutes and remove

Dice and cook tofu

Add Japanese sauce, chili sauce, minced garlic, and white sesame seeds and mix well

Glutinous rice balls: high-fiber plants, suitable for stir-frying and making wild vegetable dumplings

【Fried glutinous rice balls】

Remove leaves and young stems

After sauteing the shredded ginger in sesame oil, add it to the pot and stir-fry

Equatorial Primrose: The branches and leaves are tender and delicious, without bitter taste

【Tender Stir-fried Double Mushrooms】

Put the mushrooms into the pot and stir-fry them first

Add equatorial primrose and stir-fry until cooked

Wild vegetables are natural and nutritious. Do you know how to eat them?

Wild vegetables contain many trace elements that are not found in ordinary vegetables. They have high nutritional value and are completely natural. Eating some regularly is very good for the body!