"little ginseng" dill vegetable

Diluocai is also known as Oriental Ginseng and Huosheng Xiangen. It is a perennial herbaceous rhizome plant, which originated from the primitive jungle in the Amazon River basin. It is 1-2 meters high, with fleshy upper multi-branched taproots, wide oval-shaped leaves and slightly wavy leaves. The crown apex is only 5-lobed, and it is cylindrical in five colors: green, red, yellow, white and black. The flowering period is June-July, and the fruiting period is July-August. Because of its strange corolla color, it has been transplanted and cultivated by people. In Shuozhou area of Saibei, at the end of autumn, major vegetable market factories will sell reed, which is usually canned and pickled, which is what we often say. After pickled, it can be eaten directly, with a crisp taste and a natural taste. Sometimes it can be pickled with other dishes. If it is well matched, it can become a delicious appetizer. It also has a lot of medicinal value, nourishing the spleen and stomach, and in winter.
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