Shepherd's Purse and Cattail Pollen Porridge

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Shepherd's Purse and Cattail Pollen Porridge

Ingredients for Shepherd's Purse and Puhuang Porridge: 150 grams of fresh shepherd's purse, 10 grams of Puhuang powder, and 100 grams of corn.

How to make shepherd's purse and cattail pollen porridge

(1) Remove impurities from fresh shepherd's purse, wash it, chop it into fine pieces including the roots and stems, and set aside.

(2) Wash the corns, put them in a casserole, add an appropriate amount of water, boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for 30 minutes, add shepherd's purse puree and pollen powder, mix well, and continue to simmer over low heat until the corns are soft and tender. Eat in the morning and evening.

The effects of shepherd's purse and cattail pollen porridge: warming the middle and benefiting qi, replenishing deficiency and dispersing blood stasis, unblocking meridians and reducing fat. Suitable for hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease.

Shepherd's purse is also known as Qiancai, Dicai, Jicai, Hushengcao, Qingmingcao, Jixincai, Jingchangcai, Dimicai, Shuijiaocai, Jijiaocai, Jituicao, Pseudoshuicai, Jijicai, etc. It is the seedling, tender stems and leaves or whole grass of the annual or biennial herbaceous plant Shepherd's purse of the Cruciferae family. Shepherd's purse is distributed nationwide and can be seen everywhere in fields, roadsides, wastelands, river beaches and hillsides. It is now cultivated in Jiangsu, Shanghai and other places.

As a wild vegetable, shepherd's purse has the highest protein content among leafy and melon vegetables. Its carotene content is comparable to that of carrots, and its vitamin C content is higher than that of tomatoes. Its inorganic salts such as calcium, iron, manganese, and potassium are also high. Therefore, it has always been popular among people. The Book of Songs has a chant of "It is as sweet as shepherd's purse". Xin Qiji has a famous sentence "The peaches and plums in the city are worried about the wind and rain, and spring is in the shepherd's purse flowers at the head of the stream". Su Dongpo had the experience of "sometimes going around the wheat fields to look for wild vegetables, and forcing himself to cook mountain soup for the monks", and Lu You praised "the hand-cooked wall-clear shepherd's purse is as delicious as the intestines under the breast".

The efficacy of shepherd's purse and cattail pollen porridge

Nutritional value: Every 100 grams of fresh shepherd's purse contains 90.6 grams of water, 2.9 grams of protein, 0.4 grams of fat, 3 grams of carbohydrates, 1.7 grams of crude fiber, 1.4 grams of ash, 280 milligrams of potassium, 31.6 milligrams of sodium, 294 milligrams of calcium, 37 milligrams of magnesium, 81 milligrams of phosphorus, 5.4 milligrams of iron, 0.65 milligrams of manganese, 0.68 milligrams of zinc, 0.29 milligrams of copper, 0.51 micrograms of selenium, 2.59 milligrams of carotene, 0.04 milligrams of thiamine, 0.15 milligrams of riboflavin, 44 milligrams of ascorbic acid, and 0.5 milligrams of niacin.

How to eat: Shepherd's purse is not only delicious, but also can be eaten in many ways, such as cooking porridge, rice, cooking, and making stuffing. Wash the shepherd's purse, chop it into small pieces, mix it with lard, MSG, and refined salt, and make spring roll stuffing, which tastes very delicious.

Wild shepherd's purse usually grows in scattered areas, rarely in large colonies. From March when it begins to emerge, unflowered seedlings of about 10-13 leaves can be collected in April-May. Remove debris and roots, wash, blanch with boiling water, and then stir-fry, mix cold, make soup, stuffing, or cook porridge. It can also be processed or salted. Shepherd's purse roots, leaves, seeds, and flowers can all be used as medicine.