Blood-skinned Vegetable is a kind of traditional Chinese mountain wild vegetable, a kind of plant in the family of Asteraceae, genus Chrysanthemum trichocarpum, which can be harvested in all seasons of the year, and is usually chosen to be propagated by cuttings in the spring and fall seasons.

The blood-skinned vegetable is also called red phoenix vegetable, red cabbage, wood ear vegetable, Guanyin amaranth, foot eye grass, blood replenishing vegetable, etc. Blood replenishing vegetable is the name of Taiwan, in addition, because the plant will flow out of the purple-red juice after cooking, so it is also called "red cabbage".

What does bloodshed look like

Bloodshed's stalks are tall and erect, about 1-2 meters tall, with creeping rhizomes, stout fibrous roots, thick leaf sheaths, membranous ligules, flat and broad leaf blades, and large panicle-like inflorescences, with cylindrical caryopsis.

Where does the blood-skinned vegetable grow

The blood-skinned vegetable grows in the forested slopes of mountains and riversides at an altitude of 600-1500 meters, and its place of origin is in China, where it is widely distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces.

Blood skin vegetable efficacy and role

Blood skin vegetable in the whole year can be harvested, fresh or dried with can, eat a variety of ways, can be cold, fried food, soup, hot pot, etc., tender and delicious, with a special flavor, the medicinal value is also very high, has a heat, swelling, stop bleeding, blood and other efficacy.