Alfalfa is a leguminous plant in the family of legumes, ranging from yellow alfalfa, which is an annual, to alfalfa, which is a biennial. Because alfalfa contains a large amount of tannin, it can cause bloating in rumen animals, which can be life-threatening. Therefore, when alfalfa is used as feed for rumen animals such as cattle, it must be fermented before consumption. Monogastric animals such as donkeys do not have such situation, so it can be directly consumed as green fodder when feeding pigs and donkeys. Alfalfa has a very deep root system, and when planted for many years it can suck the moisture out of the land and cause it to become extremely dry. So it often needs to be, two or more years a renovation to avoid drying out the land.

Alfalfa lettuce, also commonly known as goldenrod, belongs to the legume family, but it's actually more than just one type of plant; technically it includes varieties such as southern clover and alfalfa. South alfalfa is mainly distributed in the south of our country, and alfalfa is also distributed in the north, and even in Inner Mongolia and other provinces and regions will also be used as a high-quality pasture grass.

In fact, consuming alfalfa vegetable is also beneficial to our body in many ways. It has been found to be rich in iron and B vitamins, which can treat and prevent anemia. At the same time it can also relieve all kinds of physical bleeding, such as nosebleeds, hemoptysis and hemorrhoidal bleeding. And it contains crude fiber can also help gastrointestinal peristalsis, preventing constipation. And Chinese medicine believes that it has a good effect of removing internal heat, relieving cough and asthma.