When talking about spiny thistle, I believe there will be many people who don’t know what it is, but they call it the nickname spiny thistle, or seven-seven greens, or hemostasis, which is well known in rural areas. know. Echinacea is the most common type of mountain wild vegetable in rural areas. It is found in most areas of China. It is an annual herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family, including large-leaf thistle and small-leaf thistle. It is more common in fields, roadsides, and rivers.

Everyone cannot grasp its efficacy. In the past, rural living conditions were difficult, and almost every household raised a pig as a source of improvement and support for the family. However, there was no concentrated feed at that time, and most of the pigs raised at home basically ate wild vegetables or coarse food. Therefore, the first thing our rural children do after school in the afternoon is to go to the wild to pull wild vegetables, cut grass, and then go home and chop it up to make pig food. Among them, this kind of thorn vegetable is a wild vegetable that pigs like to eat.

Of course, the most well-known effect of Echinacea is its hemostatic effect. Anyone who has lived in the countryside knows and has experienced it. Whenever a part of the body is accidentally scratched by a shovel, sickle, shovel or branch when working on a slope, it is almost always easy to roll up a handful of spinach leaves. Rub it and apply it on the affected area to immediately stop bleeding and relieve pain.

With the development and growth of science and technology in recent years, people have a better understanding of the edible value and efficacy of spinach. In fact, acanthus is a type of wild vegetable that has the same origin as food and medicine. As a food source, it is a type of wild vegetable that contains a variety of nutrients. Echinacea contains a large amount of dietary fiber, carotene and protein that the body needs. These related components are beneficial to the body's absorption, can promote the metabolism of blood water in the body, have diuretic and edema-reducing properties, and dietary fiber is beneficial to the elimination of toxins in the body. As a food source, wild vegetables are a good kind of gourmet snacks.

Echinacea is also the same as shepherd's purse, dandelion, endive, etc. It is a kind of seasonal edible mountain wild vegetable. When harvesting and eating, you should harvest them while they are still fresh. Take the fresh, crisp and tender thorns home and use them to make different gourmet snacks. You can cut it into pieces and eat it as an omelette; you can also boil it and eat it with cold vegetables; the most common way to eat it in your hometown is to make stuffing and eat it in wrappers; you can also cut up the spinach and mix it with small tofu. It's delicious when cooked and eaten together.