Fishweed is called folded ear root in rural areas, fishweed, also known as folded ear root, has a specific smell and taste, containing protein, fat and rich carbohydrates, with heat and detoxification, diuretic swelling, appetizing and rationalizing effects.

The fresh root, leaf and root can be eaten, can be fried, cold or make soup. Cold mix need to be washed first to remove the old roots, marinated in salt for 5 to 10 minutes, and then add soy sauce, vinegar, sesame oil and mix, and finally add popping the flavor of the dried chili pepper segment and cilantro segment. Fishweed is native to Guizhou and is now available at northern farmers' markets. When choosing fresh fishy grass, with lush leaves, bright green color, fishy smell is good. If you choose dried, it is better to be free of impurities and dry.

Expanded Information:

The name of Fishy Grass is found in Famous Medical Doctors' Record. Tang Su Song said: "born in the wetlands, the valley shade can also be trailing, leaves such as buckwheat and fat, stems purple and red, Jiangzuo people good raw food, Guanzhong called minced vegetables, the leaves have a fishy smell, so commonly known as: fishy grass." The name is found in "Famous Doctors' Record". Tang Su Song said, "born in the wetlands, the valley shade can also be trailing, leaves such as buckwheat and fat, stems purple and red, Jiangzuo people good raw food, Guanzhong called minced vegetables, leaves have fishy gas, so commonly known as: fishy grass."

Fishy grass produced in China's Yangtze River Basin south of the provinces, as early as the end of the 1980s, Guanghan City, Sichuan, GaoPing town introduced field scale planting, has now led to the surrounding townships of nearly 10,000 acres of planting area, the formation of our country's largest folding ear root planting base.

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