Horseshoe lettuce many people have never eaten, do not know what kind of existence, in fact, it is produced in China Yunnan and Hubei and Sichuan and other places of a wild herb, but also a kind of edible wild vegetables, it is rich in nutrients, the whole grass can be used as medicine, can replenish nutrients can also reduce the swelling on the pain.

The reason why it is called horseshoe vegetable, that is because its leaves look a little like a horseshoe, and its leaves are very small, it is very easy for people to step on, so it gives it such an easy to remember the name.

The real name of the horseshoe vegetable is called "snow grass", the shape also looks like the shape of the umbrella, it also belongs to the umbrella family of herbs, it is a kind of tenacious grass, no matter whether it is growing in the water or in the ground, it grows well as usual. Centella asiatica is mainly distributed in the southern region of China, it is the most special thing is its leaves, like a circle was cut away a notch, the edge of a lot of fine serration in around it, has a high degree of recognition, and its stem branches have knots. It is usually grown on the ground, will cover the surface layer, and each section will grow fine roots, it will grip the soil, fine roots can also achieve a certain degree of protection against soil erosion.