What is honey grass?

Many people like to eat honey grass, and I like to eat honey grass recently. It feels delicious and nutritious. However, many people don't know much about it. Let me tell you what honey grass is.

1. Carya cathayensis is Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. There are more than 20 triterpenoid saponins in the roots and rhizomes of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch. The total content is 6% ~ 14%, of which 5% ~ 12% of glycyrrhizic acid is potassium calcium salt of glycyrrhizic acid. Hydrolysis of glycyrrhizic acid produces 1 molecule of glycyrrhetinic acid and 2 molecules of glucuronic acid. In addition, it also contains a small amount of liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, trihydroxyglycyrrhetinic acid, liquiritigenin, isoliquiritigenin, 5- methylliquiritigenin, mannitol, glucose, sucrose, malic acid, betulinic acid, starch, glycyrrhizin and a small amount of volatile oil.

2. Honey grass is also known as evergreen grass, nectar tea, sweet cool grass and rock sugar grass. It is a herb with scattered roots and many branches. Most of them were born in barren and dry hillsides, hills and wild jungles. Its branches and leaves are fragrant and sweet, distributed in deep mountains and forests. It is most common in Yunnan, Sichuan, Guangxi and Tibet. The commercially available honey grass is not a specific plant, but a mixture of Tieguanyin tea stems and stevia rebaudiana.

Honey grass is a kind of food and can also be used as a medicinal material. Honey grass can clear away heat and detoxify, and drinking honey grass in summer is especially good for your health. Honey grass can be used to cool off the heat. Honey grass can also relieve fatigue, eliminate phlegm, relieve cough and relieve pain. It has a particularly good therapeutic effect on palpitation and shortness of breath, and can also prevent various heart diseases. Honey grass can improve the body's resistance. Honey grass is a kind of food suitable for all ages. Most people can eat it, but pregnant women can't eat it. It is best to drink honey grass in summer.

Matters needing attention

Honey grass has many functions, especially in hot summer. It is the best choice, but don't eat too much, otherwise it will only cause unnecessary burden to the body, and honey grass is no exception.