Have you ever known about Guangdong herbal tea? "Dampness and heat" is the most obvious feature of Guangdong's climate. Guangdong people have a unique way to prevent dampness and heat. For example, the tradition of drinking herbal tea has a long history, and herbal tea shops can be seen in the streets and lanes. There are many kinds of herbal tea, such as honeysuckle, chrysanthemum, isatis root, dandelion, kapok and collapsed bowl. Today, let's meet a special kind of herbal tea, "Bengwan".
"Collapsed Bowl" is the name of most people in Guangdong. There are many other names for it: Centella asiatica, horseshoe, Leigonggen, Speranskia tuberculata, etc. Different areas have different names. Known as the "collapse bowl" is related to the habit of drinking herbal tea in a big bowl in Guangdong; It is called "horseshoe grass" because its leaves are shaped like horseshoes; It is called "Leigonggen" because it is longer than the thunder after the shock.
Collapsed bowls are widely distributed in southern China, and they are born in fields, vegetable gardens, wet ditches and other places, especially on the ridges of fields. Centella, a perennial herb in Umbelliferae, has a long, slender stem and roots at nodes. Leaf blade horseshoe-shaped, membranous, margin obtusely serrate, both surfaces glabrous or sparsely pilose on dorsal veins.
Collapsed bowls breed rapidly, have strong adaptability, and grow creeping, and can grow into pieces slowly after leaving a small section. No matter whether it is fertile or barren soil, it can grow and tolerate shade and drought. As long as the growing environment is not destroyed, it is believed that the plant with such tenacious vitality can continue to multiply.
Small gardener's childhood has always been a big bowl, because it has the effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and detoxifying, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and the whole grass can be used as medicine. After eating fried food that caught fire, sore throat and swollen gums, my mother will prepare to collapse the bowl to solve these minor diseases. There are many dry products at home, and of course, fresh digging is also good.
In addition to herbal tea, the big bowl has other uses. For those of us who are good at food, it is not a problem to study food. It is a delicious soup in Guangdong to make soup with pork and chicken in a big bowl. Before eating, take off the flowers on the broken bowl and festival, otherwise it will taste bitter. Friends who have the opportunity can try it at home.