Everything on earth is useful. What is the function of grass?

Many rural children's favorite thing in childhood is to go to grandma's house. Every time they go to their grandmother's house, they always encounter something interesting or delicious, and so does the author. They used to eat all kinds of wild fruits every time they went to grandma's house, especially in summer. But now, as they get older, they go to their grandmother's house less and less. Grandma gave me a surprise when they went to grandma's house this morning. Of course, this surprise remains the same.

Grandma's garden is planted with many vegetables. Besides vegetables, there are some special plants, namely wild vegetables and weeds. Speaking of weeds, many people may hate them now. After all, the countryside grows everywhere, and some even like to grow in farmland, which will persecute crops.

But grandma doesn't think so. As long as all useful weeds are treasures, coming to grandma today is actually to help her pick the fruit of a weed. The fruit of this weed looks like corn, which is also called "corn grass" or "great grass" in my hometown.

But after seeing the pictures, I think many friends who have lived in the countryside should be familiar. Yes, the scientific name of this stick is "Prunella vulgaris", a strange weed whose stem will dry up in summer and in the future. Maybe many people don't know what the use of Prunella vulgaris is now, but for many farmers and friends of the older generation, the fruit of Prunella vulgaris is much more useful, which can be used to feed pigs, treat diseases and make soup, such as Prunella vulgaris stewed chicken feet and Prunella vulgaris black bean soup, which is not only delicious, but also valuable for dietotherapy.

The author came to grandma's house to help her pick the fruit of Prunella vulgaris, in fact, in order to dry it before making herbal tea. Don't underestimate the peculiar fruit of Prunella vulgaris, which is essential for making herbal tea. It is not only delicious, but also can clear away heat and relieve summer heat.

Let's learn about the value of Prunella vulgaris.

The main value of Prunella vulgaris is its corncob-shaped fruit, which was a good folk Chinese herbal medicine as early as ancient times. According to Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, Prunella vulgaris has the effects of clearing away heat and purging fire, improving eyesight, resolving hard mass and reducing swelling, and can be used to treat blurred vision, eye pain, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, scrofula and tumor.

So how to make herbal tea?

It's actually quite simple. Boil the dried Prunella vulgaris fruit and chrysanthemum together in water, but I suggest adding some sugar when cooking, because Prunella vulgaris tastes bitter and chrysanthemum tastes bitter, and adding sugar is better. It can be used as tea when it is cooked and cooled, or it can be drunk after being refrigerated in the refrigerator. The herbal tea cooked in this way can not only clear away heat and relieve summer heat, but also have the effects of clearing liver, cooling liver and removing fire.