It is commonly grown in my country and its seedlings and leaves are both edible. According to traditional Chinese medicine records, gray cabbage has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting dampness, and can clear up rashes on branches and leaves. It can be used for wind-heat cold, dysentery, diarrhea, dental caries pain; external use to treat skin itching and measles.
Usually it can be picked in summer. If you want to eat it in other seasons, you can also dry the gray vegetables. Judging from the nutritional content of gray vegetables, it contains protein, dietary fiber, multiple minerals, and vitamins. A and other nutrients.
After drying, you can continue to soak it in water for drinking or use it for ordinary home cooking, but everyone should pay attention to how to eat it to avoid food poisoning.
Note 1: Not all gray vegetables can be eaten
In fact, one type of rural wild vegetables, ash greens, has a very high nutritional value, and another type is poisonous. Don’t eat it wrong. When picking or selecting, some ash greens have very beautiful pink colors underneath their leaves, and the leaves are round. In fact, this kind of gray vegetable is toxic and difficult to get rid of even through blanch treatment. For safety reasons, it is not recommended for everyone to eat.
There is also a kind of gray vegetable. The underside of the leaves is small white powder. The leaves are pointed and edible. You should pay attention to distinguish them.
Note 2: It is best to blanch it in water before eating it
Whether it is gray cabbage or other wild vegetables, because they grow in the wild, their growth environment is unstable. If it is on the roadside, in a park, or in a crowded place, it is likely to be polluted and may contain heavy metals and other dangers.
It is not recommended that you pick wild vegetables in this state. Instead, it is recommended that you go to places with fewer cars and fewer people, such as fields and forests, where you are less exposed to external pollution. At the same time, to ensure safety, everyone must blanch the cleaned gray vegetables in hot water before eating them.
Because the gray vegetables are also a type of green leafy vegetables, the blanch time does not need to be too long. After boiling the water, put the gray vegetables into the hot water, usually 5 seconds to 10 seconds, and then stir-fry or It is safer to just chill it directly.
Note 3: Do not overeat
It is recorded in the "Chinese Pharmacopoeia": Gray cabbage is slightly poisonous. If you only eat it once in a while, it is okay to enjoy game. It will not bring a greater burden to your health. If you eat it excessively for a long time, it is not guaranteed. .
Therefore, it is best not to exceed 100g each time you eat it, so as to reduce the harm and make it safer to eat.