Pteridium Honggang

Pteridium aquilinum is also called fist dish, cat's paw and leading dish (and some areas are called "wolves"). Chinese name: fern, alias is also called leading dish, ruyi dish and so on. It belongs to Pterisdaceae. Likes to be born in sunny plots in shallow mountainous areas, mostly distributed in sparse mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests. Its edible part is unexpanded young leaf buds. Pteridium aquilinum is a kind of green wild vegetable without any pollution, which is wild in the forest, Shan Ye and pine forest. It is not only rich in vitamins needed by the human body, but also has the effects of clearing the intestines, strengthening the stomach, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals. The bracken is boiled in boiling water before eating, and then immersed in cold water to remove the odor, so it can be eaten. The processed bracken tastes fragrant and smooth, and then mixed with seasoning, which is cool and refreshing, and is a rare and excellent dining table. It can also be fried, processed into dried vegetables, stuffed, pickled and canned. Nutritional analysis: 1. Pteridium aquilinum has a certain inhibitory effect on bacteria, which can be used for diseases such as persistent fever, intestinal wind-heat toxin, eczema, ulcers, etc., and has good effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, sterilizing and relieving inflammation; 2. Some effective components of Pteridium aquilinum can dilate blood vessels and lower blood pressure; 3. The crude fiber contained can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, and has the function of lowering qi and relaxing bowels; 4. Pteridium aquilinum can clear the intestines and detoxify. Pteridium aquilinum is commonly used by the people to treat diarrhea and dysuria, which has a certain effect; 5. Pteridium aquilinum can be made into vermicelli and long-term vermicelli to fill hunger, which can replenish spleen and qi, strengthen the body and enhance disease resistance; 6. In recent years, scientific research shows that Pteridium aquilinum also has certain anticancer effect.
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