Wild gray vegetables are common in rural areas, with purple-red pigment-like things on their leaves, but few people eat them. But in recent years, people pay more attention to health, so wild vegetables and coarse grains are popular. So what are the benefits of eating wild gray vegetables? Let's take a look at them.

What is wild ash? Wild vegetables, gray vegetables, also known as Chenopodium album, also known as wild vegetable ash, Polygonum cuspidatum and so on. , is a plant of Panicum in Chenopodiaceae. Wild vegetables are gray and sweet, and can lower blood pressure, clear heat, induce diuresis, kill insects, relieve pain and stop diarrhea. Its young leaves and stems are edible, with soft taste and rich nutrition. Young leaves of wild cabbage contain protein, fat, sugar and crude fiber, with a calcium content of 209 mg and an iron content of 0.9 mg. They also contain carotene, vitamin B 1, B2 and C, and volatile oils such as palmitic acid and oleic acid.

What are the benefits of eating wild gray vegetables? 1. Wild ash is rich in carotene and vitamin C, which helps to enhance human immune function; 2. Nutrition experts found that eating wild gray vegetables often can prevent anemia and promote children's growth and development. At the same time, its calcium content is high, which is also helpful for middle-aged and elderly people to supplement calcium; 3. Volatile oil, Chenopodium album and other substances in wild ash can effectively fight digestive tract parasites and have a certain effect on eliminating bad breath. Medicinal functions of Morinda citrifolia. Wild cabbage is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which has the function of stopping diarrhea and relieving itching, and can also treat dysentery and diarrhea. In addition, washing with Flos Chrysanthemi Indici can be used to treat skin itching and wet toxicity.

How to eat wild grey vegetables? When eating, the wild grey vegetables are generally scalded with boiling water (not too long), and then soaked in clear water before other treatments are made. Generally, it can be cold mixed, fried, steamed and boiled, or it can be dried and stored and eaten slowly. Precautions. In addition, although wild gray vegetables have high nutritional value, they are cold and should not be eaten more, especially for the elderly and children. Moreover, porphyrin substances in wild vegetable ash are photosensitive, and exposure to the sun will cause skin redness, tingling or itching, so don't eat too much at a time, and avoid strong sunlight after eating.