In the 1950s and 1960s, it was used to satisfy hunger. The origin of chicory is Guannan in the northeast of Jiangsu Province. The growth conditions of sonchus oleraceus are very harsh, which must meet the requirements of sufficient sunshine, mild climate and abundant rain.
Sonchus oleraceus is a non-toxic wild plant for both medicine and food. It is a kind of panicum miliaceum, named "Patrinia". It is also called "Patrinia" because it has branches and leaves in spring and summer, yellow flowers in autumn and strong rancid bean paste flavor. There is also a bitter herb growing on rocks, with yellowish leaves and obvious teeth at the top. It tastes bitter and smells stronger. The medicine is called tomb back, which has high medicinal value and is called rock bitter medicine.
Dietotherapy value of bitter vegetables
It tastes cold, bitter, flat and non-toxic. Cooling blood and detoxicating, improving eyesight and regulating stomach, removing blood stasis and promoting blood circulation, diminishing inflammation and diuresis, expelling pus, removing blood stasis and reducing swelling. It is mainly used for treating enteritis, appendicitis, postpartum abdominal pain, acute and chronic colitis, conjunctivitis, skin redness and inflammation or eczema and itching, and has certain curative effect on gingival bleeding, eliminating fire and improving eyesight. It can inhibit acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute and chronic myeloid leukemia. External use can be used to treat traumatic injury, sores and scrotal eczema. Oral administration can clear away heat and reduce swelling, remove blood stasis and detoxify, and cool blood to stop bleeding.