Cilantro

Alias caraway, coriander, caraway, coriander, star of heaven, garden coriander, hu lei

Cilantro is also by the Western Han Dynasty Zhang Qian mission to the Western Regions when the introduction. Its young stems and fresh leaves have a special flavor, often used as a garnish for dishes, flavor products, is one of the best vegetables that people like to eat.

Cilantro belongs to the umbrella family, annual biennial vegetables. Native to the Mediterranean coast, distributed throughout China, with the most northern China, all seasons are cultivated.

The main root of cilantro is thin, usually fusiform, and the stem is erect, thinly ribbed, and longer; the petiole is shorter, and the leaves are fan-shaped and green.

The quality of its color green, strong aroma, crisp texture, no yellow leaves, rotten leaves is good.

The Compendium of Materia Medica says, "Coriander is pungent, warm and fragrant, and it passes through the heart and spleen and reaches out to the limbs. In practice, it does have an aromatic stomach, wind detoxification function, can relieve the surface of the cold, has a large intestine, diuretic function, can promote blood circulation.