Fairy grass planted in Lingnan can benefit for many years in one year, and the highest can reach 1 m; Most of them grow beside ditches and among dry sandy land. Fairy grass is often born in ditches and dry sandy grass. After drying, its plants can be decocted and cooked with rice pulp, and after cooling, it becomes black jelly, tough and soft.

Adding sugar and mixing well can be used as a thirst-quenching food in summer, which is called bean jelly in Guangdong and Guangxi, grass rebellion, fairy rebellion, fairy cow and so on in Meizhou, Guangdong, and fairy jelly and grass jelly in Zhejiang and Fujian.

Efficacy and function of Xiancao

Xiancao has the effects of dispelling summer heat, clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, detoxifying and cooling blood. It also has the functions of lowering blood pressure, regulating blood sugar, improving immunity, relaxing bowels, promoting diuresis and eliminating edema. Fairy grass, also known as Mesona blume, Mesona blume, Immortal jelly, Forage grass, etc., is the whole grass of Mesona blume of Labiatae. Sweet, light and cool in nature, it has the effects of dispelling summer heat, clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, detoxifying and cooling blood.

It has therapeutic effects on heatstroke, common cold, dysentery, jaundice, edema, muscle or joint pain, traumatic swelling and pain, etc. Modern research shows that Xiancao contains flavonoids, which is beneficial to lowering blood pressure and regulating blood sugar. Xiancao can provide rich polysaccharides to human body, which is beneficial to enhance and improve immunity and disease resistance, and to prevent and treat diseases.

Xiancao is rich in minerals and dietary fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, moisten intestines and relax bowels, promote diuresis and eliminate edema, and reduce and prevent body edema and constipation. Fairy grass is generally made into grass jelly, which is a summer dessert popular in Fujian and Taiwan Province. There are many specific methods, such as cooking with original grass, making with Xiancao powder, adjusting with Xiancao liquid, and seasoning with honey beans.