The "rat's ear grass" on the ridge is used by farmers to raise pigs. What can be done now to taste good and lower blood pressure?

Every year before the Chinese New Year or Tomb-Sweeping Day, many farmers will dig this kind of aquatic plants in the fields and dig them back. They don't feed pigs, they eat them as wild vegetables. This kind of grass can be made of glutinous rice into blue glutinous rice, and then it can be made into jiaozi or steamed. This steamed dumpling is called rat ear glutinous rice.

This kind of Hedyotis diffusa will appear on the ridge of the countryside every year after the spring. Its leaves are like mouse ears, and there are many filamentous substances like cotton on the surface of the leaves. So this kind of aquatic plants will appear in many places, and they are widely distributed, so the names of different regions are different. For example, some places are called Hedyotis diffusa, some places are called Tian Ai, and some places are called Chinese cabbage and spinach. Flowers begin to bloom in February. It especially likes to grow in paddy fields, paddy fields and ridges in rural areas, so many farmers regard it as harmful grass and often pull it up, or take it back as pig feed to raise pigs.

Saxifraga can not only be eaten as wild vegetables, but also has good medicinal value. Saxifraga can be used as medicine. It is sweet and non-toxic, has the effects of resolving phlegm, clearing away heat and toxic materials, and can also be used for lowering blood pressure caused by asthma, bronchitis and non-infectious ulcer wounds. This rotten grass is used by many farmers to prepare folk remedies.

Spring is also a particularly suitable season for growth. Interested friends can go to the rural ridge near the rice fields and find them easily. When picking this grass, you must ask the local farmers to see if the land has been sprayed with pesticides. If it hasn't been sprayed with pesticides, then you can dig this grass.