Shepherd's purse shepherd's purse is a wild vegetable. Every spring, many old ladies dig shepherd's purse in the wild, but many people don't know what shepherd's purse looks like, but they just know the name of mustard. Let's share a picture of what shepherd's purse looks like.

What does shepherd's purse look like? Photo 1 Look at the shepherd's purse dug by the city people, and the rural people frown! What is a serious shepherd's purse like?

The fields in the village are the biggest vegetable gardens in spring.

I often hear people in the city ask in surprise, "Can I eat this, too? Never heard of it! " As a rural aunt, I can't help feeling. There are many wild vegetables, weeds, leaves, flowers, fruits and roots that can be eaten in the countryside. But how to eat every kind of wild vegetables is a question asked by universities.

In the early Ming Dynasty, there was a plant atlas, Disaster Relief Herbs, which included 4 14 species of edible plants. Not only can you follow the map, but you will also be told in detail how to eat, which part to eat and what to pay attention to. Can be said to be a famine emergency, eating wild vegetables.

The above picture shows shepherd's purse taken in autumn.

But for many city people, if you want to eat wild vegetables, you must first understand them and don't dig them wrong. Today I will share the difference between shepherd's purse and water shepherd's purse.

First, the common ground of shepherd's purse and water shepherd's purse

The picture above shows shepherd's purse in full bloom.

Shepherd's purse and water shepherd's purse, two kinds of wild vegetables, are cruciferous plants, both of which are included in the Compendium of Disaster Relief Materia Medica, and are edible wild vegetables. Their shapes are very similar: serrated leaves and white roots.

The picture above shows shepherd's purse in early spring.

Second, the difference between shepherd's purse and water shepherd's purse

1, shepherd's purse is a Cruciferae shepherd's purse (shepherd's purse is shown below)

Water shepherd's purse is a genus of water shepherd's purse in Cruciferae (the figure below shows water shepherd's purse)

2. shepherd's purse shepherd's purse is a herb of 1-2 years (the following picture shows shepherd's purse photographed in spring).

Water shepherd's purse is a biennial or perennial herb (see the figure below).

3. shepherd's purse shepherd's purse is fresh and fragrant, and its roots are thin (the picture below shows shepherd's purse in autumn).

Water shepherd's purse is a little spicy when eaten raw, with thick white roots, also known as big root shepherd's purse, and its scientific name is water shepherd's purse (below).

4. Shepherd's purse has white flowers, and the capsule is inverted triangle.

Shepherd's purse is white.

Capsella bursa-pastoris capsules are inverted triangles (above).

Water shepherd's purse has yellow flowers, and the capsule is like a small bean (the picture below shows the water shepherd's purse in full bloom).

Shepherd's purse shepherd's purse and water shepherd's purse have different tastes, but they are both used as medicine and food. Water shepherd's purse can relieve exterior syndrome, strengthen stomach, relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, and it is easy to generate heat, so be careful not to eat more.

Shepherd's purse is sweet and delicious. It has many functions such as stopping bleeding and improving eyesight. In many rural areas of the country, there is also the custom of "boiled eggs with shepherd's purse flowers on March 3". I like shepherd's purse jiaozi best.

Remember, shepherd's purse tastes fresh, slightly sweet and very delicious when eaten raw. If the "shepherd's purse" you dig yourself tastes bad and a little spicy, you must not dig the regular shepherd's purse.

What does shepherd's purse look like? Fig. 2 shepherd's purse is 30 ~ 40 cm high, with long and thin main roots, white and straight branches. Stems erect, simple or branched at base. Basal leaves are clustered, like rosettes, pinnate leaves, sparse and entire, upper lobes are triangular and irregular, the top is extra large, and leaves and wings are hairy. Cauline leaves are narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate, the top is nearly linear, the base is ear-shaped, the edge is notched or serrated, or nearly entire, the leaves are simple or branched on both sides, the edge is sparse and white, and there are long eyelashes.

Many flowers, terminal axillary racemes. When flowering, the stem is 20 ~ 50 cm high, and the raceme is terminal and axillary. The flowers are small, white and bisexual. Calyx 4 pieces, green, spreading, ovate, base section, with white edge, corolla crossed. Short pods are flat. Petals obovate, clawed, 4 pieces, white, cross-shaped, about 2.5 mm in diameter; Stamens 6, 4 strong, with green glands at the base; Pistil 1, ovary triangular-ovate, style extremely short.

Short pods are inverted triangle, hairless, flat, slightly concave at the top, 6 ~ 8 mm long and 5 ~ 6 mm wide, with residual styles. The seeds are about 20 ~ 25, arranged in 2 rows, small, obovate and about 0 in length. Eight millimeters. The flowering period is from March to May.

Medicinal value

Shepherd's purse is flat, slightly cold and sweet, and enters the heart, liver and spleen meridians. Function, invigorating spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and improving eyesight.

nutritive value

Contains organic acids such as oxalic acid, tartaric acid and malic acid, amino acids such as arginine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, cystine and glycine, choline, acetylcholine, flavonoids, protein, fat, carotene, vitamin B 1, B2, C, nicotinic acid, sugar, calcium, phosphorus and iron.

What does shepherd's purse look like? Figure 3 What does shepherd's purse look like?

1. shepherd's purse shepherd's purse leaves are grayish green with fluff, and the stems and leaves are basically the same color. Shepherd's shepherd's purse plants grow in a collapsed way, cling to the soil like an umbrella, and the stems are evenly layered and tiled on the ground, with great pinnate division at the tip, which is generally characterized by scattered leaves. Soft and tender. After digging it out, hold the cabbage with your hands, and the leaves of the whole vegetable hang down in an umbrella shape. Shepherd's purse is turquoise when boiled.

2. shepherd's purse shepherd's purse is an annual or biennial herb. Shepherd's purse shepherd's purse is indistinguishable at the beginning, similar to dandelion. At seedling stage, the leaves are smooth and fluffy. Over time, the leaves will be fluffy and the poles will be round and upright. Shepherd's purse will also produce white flowers in spring. Shepherd's purse has strong adaptability and can grow even in poor soil.

Why should shepherd's purse be blanched?

First of all, shepherd's purse may have risks such as pesticide residues, waste water and waste gas pollution. In order to reduce these risks, it must be cooked first. Secondly, shepherd's purse is a kind of wild vegetable, commonly known as spring longevity vegetable, which is rich in nutrition but oxalic acid, which affects the absorption of calcium. The purpose of blanching is to remove oxalic acid without destroying its vitamins and active substances, so as to retain nutrition to the maximum extent.

Why is shepherd's purse bitter?

If the shepherd's purse is bitter, it may be because it was picked just after fertilization. It is also possible that the method in the production process is incorrect, which leads to bitterness. Generally speaking, fresh shepherd's purse will be blanched in hot water first, then soaked in cold water, and then squeezed and mixed with stuffing. Boiling water can better remove bitterness, and add more oil when mixing stuffing, which is not only beautiful but also delicious. Another possibility is to confuse shepherd's purse with dandelion, which tastes bitter.