Mizuzu [gū]: plant name. That is, wild rice. Gramineae, Zizania. A perennial aquatic grass plants, stems in the role of parasitic fungi and the formation of shoot-like structures, called wild rice shoots, edible.

Native to China and Southeast Asia, Zizania is a relatively common aquatic vegetable. It is distributed in temperate Asia, Japan, Russia and Europe. The whole grass is also excellent fodder for the wintering of fish. It is also a pioneering plant for solidifying embankments and creating land.

Growing environment:

Mizutaki is a temperate plant, the suitable temperature for growth is 10~25℃, intolerant of cold and high temperature and drought. The plains area planting double season Zizania is more, double season Zizania on the length of sunshine to be not strict requirements, the water and fertilizer conditions require high, and the temperature is an important factor affecting the pregnancy of Zizania.

Mizutaki has a well-developed root system and requires a lot of water, so it is suitable for clay loam or loamy soil with sufficient water supply, convenient irrigation, deep and loose soil, fertile soil, rich in organic matter, and strong ability to retain water and fertilizer.

Major values:

Economic: Mushroom's economic value is large, the culm base of the young stems for the fungus parasitized, thick, fat and tender, similar to the bamboo shoots, called Mushroom bamboo shoots (high bamboo shoots, Zizania wild shoots, Zizania squash), is a delicious vegetable. The fruits of the plant are called mizutaki rice, and are eaten as rice, which has nutritional and health values. In ancient times, the growth of Mizuki was normal, and the results were produced in the fall, and it was called Mizuki rice, which was one of the six grains, and then it became deformed due to the parasitism of Black Spike Bacteria, and it could not produce flowers and fruits, and it became a vegetable to be utilized.

Nutrition: Mizutaki is rich in nutrients, containing not only sugar, organic nitrogen, water, fat, protein fiber, ash, but also lysine and other 17 amino acids, including threonine, methionine, phenylalanine, lysine and other amino acids necessary for the human body.

Medicinal use: sweet, slightly cold. Dispel heat, promote the production of fluids, quench thirst, diuretic, dehumidification, and fluids. Mainly used for treating summer dampness and abdominal pain, chronic heat in the middle Jiao, irritable thirst, two unfavorable bowel movements, and wine poisoning, breast milk and other diseases.