Ear root is also called Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Its leaves and roots are edible. It tastes strange, because it has a fishy smell, so it is called Houttuynia cordata Thunb. Southwest China eats a lot, while other areas seldom eat. People who like it will be obsessed, and people who don't like it will be hard to accept.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb Steamed chicken with houttuynia cordata. Houttuynia cordata scrambled eggs. Shredded pork with houttuynia cordata. Sauté ed pig lungs with houttuynia cordata. Fried pork lung soup with houttuynia cordata. And fried bacon with houttuynia cordata. In a word, Houttuynia cordata Thunb. It is a common condiment in southern China, and its leaves can also be eaten. In India, Southeast Asia, especially Thailand, the tender leaves of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. are common cold salad seasonings.

Introduction experiment of houttuynia cordata Thunb.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb For its name, see Records of Famous Doctors. Tang Susong said: "Born in a wetland, you can also crawl in the shade of a valley. The leaves are as fat as buckwheat and the stems are purplish red. Jiangzuo people like to eat raw food. Guanzhong leaves stink, so it is commonly known as Houttuynia cordata. " For the name, see "A Famous Doctor's Bielu". Produced in the southern provinces of the Yangtze River Basin in China, as early as the end of 1980s, Gaoping Town, Guanghan City, Sichuan Province introduced large-scale field planting, which has now driven the planting area of surrounding towns and villages to nearly 10,000 mu, forming the largest ear root planting base in China.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb. has a flat and twisted stem, with a length of 20-35 cm and a diameter of 0.2-20-35 cm. The surface is brown, with several longitudinal edges and obvious nodes, and there are residual fibrous roots on the lower nodes; Fragile and easily broken. Leaves alternate, the leaves are folded and shrunk, and after flattening, they are heart-shaped, 3 ~ 5 cm long and 3 ~ 4.5 cm wide; Apex acuminate, entire; The upper surface is dark yellow-green to dark brown, and the lower surface is grayish green or grayish brown; The petiole is slender, and the base is combined with stipules to form a sheath. Spike terminal, yellow-brown. Crushed smells like fish.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Houttuynia cordata (Saururaceae).