Water bamboo is an aquatic vegetable.

Water bamboo, generally referred to as Zizania, also known as Zizania bamboo shoots, Zizania rice, Zizania, Zizania, Zizania, Zizania bamboo shoots, Zizania real, Zizania, etc., is native to China and Southeast Asia, is a relatively common aquatic vegetables. It is a perennial shallow-water herb in the family Graminae, genus Zizania, with creeping rhizomes. The culms are tall and erect, 1-2 m tall. Ligule membranous, ca. 1.5 cm, apically pointed; leaf blades flattened and broad, 50-90 cm long, 15-30 mm wide. Panicles 30-50 cm long, branched in numerous clusters, ascending, fruiting spreading. The caryopsis is cylindrical, about 12 mm long, with a small embryo, 1/8 of the fruiting body.

Major values

(a) Economy

Mizutaki has a great economic value, and the culm base is parasitized by a fungus, which makes it thick, fat, and tender, and similar to bamboo shoots, which are called Mizutaki bamboo shoots (tall bamboo shoots, wild rice shoots, and water bamboo shoots), and are a tasty vegetable. The caryopsis is called Mizuno rice, which is eaten as rice and has nutritional and health care value. The whole grass is an excellent fodder and an overwintering place for fish. It is also a pioneer plant for fixing embankments and creating land.

(2) Nutrition

Mizuna is rich in nutrition, not only contains sugar, organic nitrogen, water, fat, protein, fiber, ash, but also contains lysine and other 17 kinds of amino acids, including threonine, methionine, phenylalanine, lysine and other essential amino acids.

(C), medicinal use

Sweet, slightly cold. Dispel heat, promote the production of fluids, quench thirst, diuretic, dehumidification, and fluids. It is used for treating summer-dampness abdominal pain, chronic heat in the middle Jiao, thirst, unfavorable bowel movements, and alcoholism, and lactation.

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