Pinyin name j? Cài？ English name Shepherdspurse? Herb? Herb? Yes? Shepherdspurse？ Alias Dish, Du Fu, Micao, Cauliflower, Shousheng, Cai Yang, Jingchang, Shan Ge, Water Chestnut, Cai Qing, Tian Xiang Mustard, Pillow Grass, Miti, Chicken Feet and Chicken Feet. ?

Source? Source of medicinal materials: whole herb of Cruciferae Capsella bursa-pastoris.

It is a favorite edible wild vegetable, which is spread all over the world. It has high nutritional value and can be eaten in various ways. It has high medicinal value, has the effects of regulating spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and improving eyesight, and is often used to treat postpartum hemorrhage, dysentery, edema, enteritis, gastric ulcer, common cold, fever, red eyes and swelling and pain. Shepherd's purse is mainly cultivated in plates and loose leaves, which can be used in spring, summer and autumn.

In Hunan, on March 3rd, there were many people selling shepherd's purse in the market, which was mainly used to boil eggs. As the saying goes, "on March 3, shepherd's purse boiled eggs."

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