Introduction

Stone Cilantro is a mint-like plant with both large and small leaves, but the leaves are both much smaller than mint leaves, and the plant is much smaller, with a distinct mint flavor. People in Henan like to eat noodles, especially garlic noodles, and stone cilantro is a classic accompaniment to garlic noodles. In the past, when rural people were poorer and ate less vegetables, they ate more garlic noodles in summer.

Stone parsley is very easy to plant, and it is usually planted in front of the house or in a flower pot in the countryside. Watered once a day, it can grow vigorously. Reproduction is very fast, each time you eat only pinch the freshest leaves and shoots, will soon grow new leaves. It's very easy to eat with noodles and dress up gazpacho. If you like to eat it too you may want to grow a pot of stone fragrance on your balcony.

Morphological features

Leaves are ovoid, opposite, leaf margins serrated, stems four-angled, branching ability. The root is purplish red. The red-stemmed long oval leaves are the best, the green-stemmed long leaves are the second best, and the large oval leaves slightly mint-like are the second best.

Geographical distribution

Origin Shangcai County, Zhumadian, Henan. The best is produced in the area of the ancient state of Cai (Shangcai County, Henan Province).

Propagation and Maintenance

The peony is root-born, tenacious and easy to survive, requiring only a shovelful of soil and a few drops of water. From this I occasionally think, peony is a flower fairy, this ten cilantro when called the grass in the gentleman! If it is poor, if it is fragrant, if it is lonely, what is it but a gentleman?

Legend

Also known as Xiang Xiang grass. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor and Chiyu war, Chiyu good witchcraft, the array of often to miasma poison killers, and can not eat, brave and incomparable. Yellow Emperor is not capable of enemy, please God help it break. Nine heavenly goddess granted yellow emperor Hsiang grass, to strengthen the body, to avoid obscenity and drive away evil spirits, is not afraid of Chiyu miasma poison; granted yellow emperor the art of recluse, in order to enemy Chiyu, so that the flag won the victory, capture and kill Chiyu.

Application value

(1) edible. Eat noodles when the garlic and stone cilantro leaves together mashed, mixed in the noodles, excellent flavor, smell a light mint flavor, eat is a refreshing fragrance, especially in the hot summer, is a cool. It can be described as a rare vegetable with a great personality, with its strong flavor, fresh vegetable seasoning, main dish garnish, or can be eaten directly cold. Cold eating method is directly mixed with sesame oil, garlic sauce, its initial taste into the lips slightly bitter, but chewing soon after, that is, feel the sweet aroma spread in the mouth, the aftertaste is long. Ten coriander leaves and garlic and other ingredients mashed, vinegar, sesame oil mixed with rice, cold skin, noodles, cold noodles, cold noodles, noodle fish, etc., fragrant and tasty, refreshing appetizing.

(2) other role. Green and resistant to look forward to, can be used as a flower culture; stone incense fragrance also has the function of mosquito repellent, with the leaves rubbed mosquito bites, you can quickly stop itching.

Ten cilantro, stone cilantro, musk cilantro

2 efficacy

Efficacy: warm and pungent, into the lung meridian, liver meridian, the composition contains about 1.8% volatile oil. It strengthens the spleen and eliminates food, diuretic and laxative. It has the effect of strengthening the body, waking up the brain and opening up the mind.

Recipes:

■Ten cilantro and walnuts cold mix, have the spleen, brain, digestion effect.

■Ten coriander leaves and garlic and other ingredients mashed to make cold sauce.

■Doing stuffing Dumplings, buns stuffed with ten coriander leaves can be removed from the meal fishy, delicious flavor, fat and not greasy.