Fernum is also called ginseng fruit. When people mention ginseng fruit, people will immediately think of the story of Sun Wukong secretly eating ginseng fruit in the novel "Journey to the West". In fact, there is a real ginseng fruit in the world, but it is not the kind of ginseng fruit that can make you live longer if you eat it. It is a plant of the genus Potentilla in the rose family. Perennial herbs. The entire plant is spread flat on the ground in a coarse mesh. It sprouts in spring and grows numerous purple-red fibrous stems in summer, crawling on the ground, extending in all directions, and taking root outside the nodes, like a spider web. Its leaves are dark green on the front and feather-like on the back, densely covered with white fine wool, like goose down, so the scientific name is also called goose down Potentilla. The root is slender, and the middle or end is enlarged in a spindle or spherical shape. Dig roots in spring and autumn. The stems are long and creeping, with adventitious roots growing at the nodes and forming new plants. The leaves are pinnately compound and the back is densely covered with gray-white hairs. Flowers solitary, yellow, achene. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to September. It is widely distributed in Ningxia and Qinghai. In the alpine areas of Ningxia and Qinghai, the roots are thick, with high yield and good quality. Born in meadows and floodplains at an altitude of 1,700-4,300 meters. It is extremely strong in humid and cold areas and often forms large-scale colonies. The air-dried root contains 77% water, 3.09% ash, 2.97% reducing sugar, 1.20% sucrose, 3.30% starch, 8.34% pentosan, 6.19% protein, 10.76% tannin, 15.42% crude fiber, and 0.12% potentioside. Fat about 2%. The fern is a wild plant of the Rosaceae family on the plateau and contains vitamins, magnesium, zinc, potassium and calcium. It has high medical and nutritional value. It has the functions of strengthening the stomach and spleen, producing body fluids and quenching thirst, replenishing qi and replenishing blood. Therefore, Tibetan medicine calls it Zhuolao Sha Seng and often uses it as medicine. The whole plant when it blooms in June and July can also be used to astringe and stop bleeding, relieve cough and relieve phlegm, and is also used as a tonic. Fernseed contains a large amount of starch, protein, fat, inorganic salts and vitamins. Therefore, if you eat it for a long time, ginseng has the effect of prolonging life, so it is known as ginseng fruit. \x0d\\x0d\〔Consumption method〕 \x0d\Fernseed is an excellent raw material for cooking porridge and stew. Here are three examples to illustrate the topic: \x0d\ (1) This product can be combined with lily, lotus seeds, and wolfberry Add water, tremella, red dates, raisins, and rice to boil for about 30 minutes, then add a little sugar to make a fragrant and refreshing eight-treasure porridge, which will taste better after cooling. \x0d\ (2) Mix this product with millet, red dates, brown sugar and water, and heat over low heat until the porridge becomes mushy, making it easier for the body to absorb. \x0d\ (3) Add this product to angelica, hen, and wolfberry, put it into a soup pot and cook over low heat until the chicken is cooked, and you can make a fragrant dish.