1 Shepherd's purse can be eaten raw

Yes, but not recommended.

Shepherd's purse is an annual or biennial herb of the genus Capsella of the family Cruciferae, generally growing on mountain slopes, fields and roadsides, wild, and occasionally cultivated, the stems and leaves of this plant can be eaten as a vegetable and can be used in medicine, although the composition does not contain any toxic or harmful ingredients, cleaned and eaten raw will not be harmful to the body, but shepherd's purse contains a lot of oxalic acid, eaten raw, may be with a more heavy astringent bitter, compared to the cooked taste to be a little worse. Cooked to eat the taste to be worse, so it is recommended to eat the chestnut is best cooked.

2 Shepherd's purse blossom can still eat

can still eat.

In March, just out of the tender chestnut is the best time to dig, after the chestnut and then continue to grow will bloom, blooming chestnuts that have become old, such chestnuts contain a lot of crude fiber, the taste is not as suitable as young chestnuts wrapped in dumplings to eat, but the blossoming of the chestnuts can be done through the dried vegetables, steamed vegetables, stewed and other ways to eat, common chestnuts and boiled eggs eating method is generally used to the blossom of the caper.

3 what group of people can not eat water chestnut allergy crowd

As water chestnut contains some photosensitive substances, after eating will increase the degree of sensitivity of human skin to ultraviolet light, and then have the risk of photoallergy, so it is recommended that the light allergy or allergic to the period of the crowd do not eat water chestnut, in order to avoid inducing photoallergy or aggravation of the allergy.

Diarrhea crowd

Shepherd's purse contains crude fiber components can enhance intestinal peristalsis to help defecate, speed up their own metabolic rate, but also play a role in the prevention of hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, but for the loose diarrhea crowd, may shepherd's purse eaten intestinal slippery very much will lead to diarrhea aggravation.

4 Shepherd's purse must be blanched to eat

Best blanched and eat.

Some vegetables will contain more oxalic acid substances, when the food contains more oxalic acid will make the food with astringent flavor, and through the blanching can make most of the oxalic acid dissolved in water, so that the vegetables astringent taste reduction, common vegetables such as spinach and other vegetables contain more oxalic acid, capers in the presence of a certain amount of oxalic acid, it is recommended that you eat capers is best to eat blanched after eating will be more delicious.