There is no harm in eating grasshopper regularly.

Cao guo is the fruit of the cardamom plant grass fruit of the ginger family, also known as grass fruit kernel, grass fruit, the whole plant has a pungent odor. Mainly produced in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places.

In which, Yunnan is the main production area of grass jelly, especially in Ma Guan County, Jinping County and other places with the highest yield and excellent quality. Grass berries have very high medicinal value, "Chinese Materia Medica", the grass berries are good at drying dampness and removing cold, eliminating malaria, eliminating food and resolving the accumulation. The treatment of malaria, phlegm and drink, cold pain in the epigastric region, regurgitation, vomiting, diarrhea, food accumulation.

Modern research also shows that the grass fruit has the function of regulating gastrointestinal function, reducing fat and weight loss, lowering blood sugar, antioxidant, antitussive, anti-mold, anti-tumor and anti-inflammatory analgesic effects.

Deodorizing and deodorizing Flavoring Goods

Grass berries are used to cook dishes, deodorizing and deodorizing, enhance the flavor of the dishes, cooking fish and meat, with grass berries its flavor is better. Stewed beef and mutton, put some grass fruit, even if the mutton is delicious, but also can drive away the smell of sheep. Modulation of fine brine and cooking meat, dishes and other aroma, such as grass fruits pot beef; Yunnan specialties, such as steamer chicken is also used in grass fruits to increase the aroma.

Grass berries are very good therapeutic health products, its therapeutic health effects, as early as in the Yuan Dynasty, "Drinking Meals are about to be" that is documented, as a medicinal food with the bulk of varieties, it can be said that grass berries are not only an essential condiment, at the same time, the wonderful use of grass berries is conducive to the prevention of disease.

Reference:

People's Daily Online - Grass Fruit: Good Medicine? Flavoring