Muscovy and musk are not the same ingredients.
The musk is the secretion of the gonads of the male musk deer living in the southwest of China, the northwestern plateau and the cold areas of North India, Nepal and Siberia. Two-year-old male musk deer began to secrete musk, about 10 years old for the best secretion period, each musk deer can secrete about 50g. In addition, musk rats and other scented animals also have similar musk secretion. After drying, it is granular or lumpy, with special aroma and bitter flavor, which can be made into spice and medicine. It is a central nervous system stimulant, can be used externally to relieve pain and swelling, and is also very valuable. Musk has the effect of breaking the blood and resolving bruises, pregnant women should not eat.
Musk mainly contains water 23.56%, ash 3.62% (which contains potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, chlorine, sulfate, phosphate ions, etc.), oxygenated compounds (which contains ammonium carbonate 1.15%, ammonium ammonium salts in 1.89%, urea 0.40%, amino acid nitrogen 1.07%, total nitrogen 9.15%), cholesterol 2.19%, crude fiber 0.59%, fatty acids 6.15%, musk ketone 2.2%. The main active ingredient of musk is musk ketone.
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The musk vegetable is a kind of flavored vegetable that people in Henan are more familiar with. Some places call it musk cabbage, and some call it cilantro directly. Its proper name is just musk cress, and stone cilantro is the phonetic translation. It is a plant similar to mint, there are two kinds of large and small leaves, but the leaves are much smaller than the mint leaves, the plant is also much smaller, there is a clear mint flavor, Henan people like to eat noodles, especially garlic noodles, stone cilantro is the classic match for garlic noodles. In the past, rural people were poorer and ate less vegetables, so they ate more garlic noodles in summer. When eating noodles, the garlic and stone cilantro leaves are mashed together and mixed in the noodles, which has an excellent flavor, smells like a light mint flavor, and tastes like a refreshing aroma, especially in the hot summer, it is even more refreshing.
Stone cilantro is very easy to plant, rural areas are usually planted in front of the house, or planted in pots. Watered once a day, it can grow vigorously. Reproduction is very fast, each time you eat only pinch the freshest leaves and shoots, will soon grow new leaves. It is very convenient for eating noodles and mixing gazpacho.