3 Plants With Weird Legends Many People Have Been Tricked, But Each Has Value

Introduction: 3 plants with strange legends, many people have been deceived by them, but each has value

It is said that "Knowing is a treasure, not understanding is grass". In the mountains in the countryside, there are many seemingly inconspicuous weeds, but they have extremely high value.

I introduced a plant called Striga to you before. I said that it can be sold for eight or nine hundred yuan per catty on the market. Many people doubt it, but netizens who have bought it say that it has already sold for thousands of dollars. Yuan a pound.

In fact, some people just don't want to believe this fact.

But for many rural children, they should have been "deceived" by their parents when they were children, because some plants have some strange legends. It is also because of these legends that some parents also tell these ancient stories to their children.

Today, the editor will tell you about 3 kinds of plants with "terrifying" legends in the countryside. It is estimated that many people have been deceived by them, but they are all white lies, and the value of these plants is not low. Let's learn about them together. !

Snakeberry: The fruit of poisonous snakes, poisonous and cannot be eaten

Snakeberry, which is a wild fruit distributed in many rural areas in China. It has a very strong vitality, and it can be seen not only on the roadside, in orchards, vegetable fields, but also in yards and flower beds.

The snakeberry is a plant that looks like a strawberry, and the vines are very similar. When the fruit matures, it has a bright red color. If you don't know it, you might actually pick it and eat it, just because its color is very attractive.

But for rural children, they should have been told by their parents since childhood that this kind of fruit is poisonous and must not be picked and eaten.

In some places, it is also said that this is the fruit that the poisonous snake spit out, or that it is the fruit that the poisonous snake likes to eat. In short, this kind of fruit must not be picked and eaten, otherwise it will be very dangerous.

In fact, the fruit of snakeberry is poisonous, but the toxicity is very small, which is almost negligible for us humans. The ancients said that it was poisonous and should not be eaten, and it was also for the health of children.

Because snakeberry likes to grow in a dark and humid environment, and such an environment not only haunts snakes, but also has a lot of parasites on the fruit.

Even on some roadsides, it will grow close to the ground, which is very unsanitary. Maybe some people pass by and spit on it directly, so the ancients said it was poisonous, and it was also for the sake of children's health.

Snakeberry is actually a treasure all over the body. Its whole plant can be used as medicine, including the fruit. It can also be eaten. The medicine has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and dissipating blood stasis, astringent and hemostasis, and this plant is also used for poisonous snake bites. It is also effective for treating boils and so on.

Grass Beads: Wetting the bed and even sucking blood

When I was a child, there were a lot of grass beads by the river in my hometown. Every year in September and October, many adults in the village would go to mow the grass beads and bring them home to use as curtains, curtains, etc. They were very beautiful to hang. Almost every household has door curtains and curtains made of grass beads.

But adults do not allow children to string grass beads, let alone wear them. Some adults will scare children that if children wear straw beads bracelets and necklaces, they will wet the bed at night.

What some parents say is more terrifying, it is that this kind of beads will suck blood when worn on the hands of children. Therefore, many children dare not wear bracelets even if they like grass beads.

Grass beads are actually the dried seeds of wild coix seed, which look like beads, shiny and have natural holes in the middle. In ancient times, it was often used to make door curtains and Buddhist beads, and it had a very good decorative effect.

In recent years, grass beads have become rare in rural areas because of the extensive use of herbicides. The grass beads are originally of high value. Although they cannot be eaten, they have high ornamental value. It is still very popular to use them as handicrafts such as bracelets, door curtains, and necklaces.

Now grass beads can be sold in double digits per pound, and farmers in some places even specialize in planting them.

In the past, adults said that wearing it would wet the bed and even suck human blood. Maybe it was because they were worried that children would play with it, and it would be easy to eat it and get stuck in the throat, or because they liked it, picking it privately would be dangerous. After all, this plant is very dangerous. It often grows near rivers, which can be very dangerous.

Bowling Flowers: Picking its flowers and going home will break the bowl

When I was a child, when I saw a bowl of flowers, I would run away immediately. Because the adults told us, don't pick the flowers of the bowl flower, or the bowl will be easily broken when you go home for dinner.

In the concept of the older generation in the past, children are not allowed to touch the bowl of flowers. If a child picks its flowers, they will justly warn the children to stay away from such plants, so as not to attract bad luck—— Break the rice bowl.

In fact, playing a bowl of flowers does not have such magic power, and it is not scary. And the reason why the ancients made up such a terrifying legend is also a well-meaning lie, because the flowers of the bowl flower are poisonous.

The flowers of the bowling flower are very similar to morning glory, and they are very delicate and beautiful, and they look like small trumpets, and children can easily pick them and play when they see them. However, this kind of flower is poisonous to a certain extent. If a child blows it by putting it in his mouth as a trumpet, it is prone to the risk of poisoning.

As a common plant in rural areas, although it is a harmful weed and is hated by farmers, it is also very valuable. The young stems, leaves and rhizomes of this plant can be eaten as wild vegetables. When there was a food shortage in the past, a large number of its roots and young leaves were excavated to satisfy their hunger. It is estimated that people in the 1950s and 1960s had eaten it.

Dawanhua is not only a wild vegetable that can satisfy hunger, but also has high medicinal value. It is also recorded in the book "Chinese Materia Medica" that Dawanhua has the effect of "regulating menstruation and promoting blood circulation, nourishing yin and tonifying deficiency".

It is also commonly used in the folk to treat bruises and has the effect of reducing swelling and pain. If it is a toothache, you can mash its leaves and apply it to the affected area, which can also relieve pain.

concluding remarks

These three plants used to have strange legends in the countryside, which made many rural children stay away from them.

In fact, in ancient times, there were many children in each family, and the adults did not have enough energy to take care of the children. In order to keep the children away from some dangers, some strange and terrifying legends would be arranged. This is also a good suffering of the ancients. Be careful.

I believe that many children who grew up in rural areas have heard of these legends and have been deceived by them. Do you know any other plants with strange legends? You are also welcome to leave a message and share, thank you!