Thatch root is not fritillary root.

Thatch root is an herb of the genus thatch root in the family of grasses, and fishwort belongs to the genus Houttuynia, and thatch root has a grassy fragrance, while fishwort smells like fish, thatch root likes a warm, humid environment, and it usually grows in the plains by streams or in grassland along the banks of water, and it is sown by strip sowing, with the seeds selected for disinfection in the spring before and after the Ching Ming Festival.

Maogong looks a little special, the first time to see it, people will always associate it with another plant "fishy grass", because maogong and fishy grass is very similar. However, the root can not have the fishy grass root (that is, the root of the ear) of the smell, on the contrary, there is a sweet taste, especially in the mouth, it is like chewing sugar cane.

Maogong's growing environment

Maogong is the root of thatch grass, also known as thatch grass root in folklore, thatch grass root, leucocephala root, etc., is very common in rural areas of China is a kind of plant, not only by the distribution of a wide range of growth is also widespread in the rural areas of the fields, riverside, wasteland, mountain grass can be seen. Thatch root is an annual or perennial plant, fibrous root growth is thin, plant height can grow up to 80 cm, the color of the rhizome is white, the stem node part of the long scaly joints, spikelike inflorescences grow upright, the color of the anthers is yellowish, the caryopsis is brown columnar.

Maogan likes warm, moist environment, usually grows in the plains by the stream or in the grass along the water bank, suitable for planting in fertile soil, drainage and air permeability, humus-rich sandy loam soil, mainly distributed in Guangdong, Hainan and other warm regions of China, the specimen originated from southern India.