Spinach of Chenopodiaceae is an annual or biennial herb. Also known as spinach and Persian grass. Use leaves and tender stems as food. Originally from Iran, it was cultivated 2000 years ago. Later, it spread to North Africa, and from the Moors to Western Europe, Spain and other countries. Spinach was cultivated in China in the Tang Dynasty at the latest.

Spinach stems and leaves are soft, tender and delicious, and are rich in minerals such as vitamin C, carotene, protein, iron, calcium and phosphorus. Besides fresh vegetables, it can also be dehydrated, dried and frozen.

In ancient China, people called it "red-billed green Ying Ge".

The ancient Arabs also called it "the king of vegetables".

"Compendium of Materia Medica" records that eating spinach can "dredge blood vessels, open the chest and diaphragm, reduce qi and balance, quench thirst and moisten dryness".

Foreigners eat it cooked, or with salad. There are many ways to eat!