Shepherd's purse, commonly known as field vegetable, is an annual or perennial herb with pinnately split leaves and white flowers. Shepherd's purse is edible when it is tender. Use this vegetable to make dumplings with pork or eggs, which is delicious. It can also be stir-fried with lard, or blanched in boiling water and served cold, especially in hot pot. The shepherd's purse is soft and glutinous, oily but not greasy. , the soup is fragrant, appetizing and refreshing. Of course, it can be made into an egg drop and shepherd's purse soup, which is delicious and light, refreshing and nourishing the stomach. Shepherd's purse is not only a delicious wild vegetable, but also has high medical value.

The nutritional value of shepherd's purse is very high. Each 100 grams of shepherd's purse contains 5.2 grams of protein, 0.4 grams of fat, 6 grams of carbohydrates, 420 mg of calcium, 73 mg of phosphorus, 6.3 mg of iron, 3.2 mg of carotene, and vitamins B10.14 mg, vitamin B20.19 mg, niacin 0.7 mg, vitamin C 55 mg, and also contains flavonoid glycosides, choline, acetylcholine, etc. Shepherd's purse is rich in vitamin C and carotene.

Shepherd's purse can be fried, eaten cold, used as vegetable fillings, and vegetable soups. It can be eaten in various ways and has a special flavor.

Common recipes include: shepherd’s purse dumplings and shepherd’s purse egg soup.

"March 3rd, boiled eggs with local vegetables" is a folk custom in the south of the Yangtze River. [1]

Nutritional value

Shepherd's purse can be fried, eaten cold, used as vegetable fillings, and vegetable soups. It can be eaten in various ways and has a special flavor.

Shepherd's purse has high medicinal value. The whole plant is used as medicine and has the effects of improving eyesight, cooling, antipyretic, diuretic, and treating dysentery. Its flowers and seeds can stop bleeding and treat hematuria, nephritis, hypertension, hemoptysis, dysentery, measles, dizziness and eye pain. Shepherd's purse seeds contain 20% to 30% oil and can be used to make soap or paint. Shepherd's purse is cold-resistant and is easy to cultivate under protection in winter. It plays a certain role in supplying green leafy vegetables in winter.