February of the lunar calendar came, everything revived, and shepherd's purse grew out of the soil. Fresh shepherd's purse is a kind of wild vegetable that people eagerly look forward to, such as shepherd's purse egg, shepherd's purse wrapped in jiaozi, shepherd's purse Baba and so on. There are many kinds of shepherd's purse, but by the third day of the lunar calendar. Shepherd's purse is the best time among Chinese herbal medicines at this time.
As early as the Book of Songs, it was recorded: "Who said that tea is bitter and sweet as shepherd's purse". This shows that China people have been eating shepherd's purse for a long time. Shepherd's purse belongs to winter jasmine, which means it is the best around spring. In some places, people give shepherd's purse to each other when cooking spring vegetables. At this time, the shepherd's purse leaves are tender and the roots are fat. It tastes very delicious.
Related allusions
Hua tuo is a famous doctor in the history of our country. It is said that when Hua Tuo was practicing medicine, he spent the night in an ordinary family one day. After learning that she was Hua Tuo's imperial doctor, the old woman of this family asked Hua Tuo about her persistent headache, which was sometimes unbearable.
Hua tuo took out a handful of shepherd's purse flowers and told the old woman to cook them with eggs once every morning. After eating them for three days, the old woman's headache would be cured. Since the old lady cured her headache by eating boiled eggs with shepherd's purse, the old lady has publicized it everywhere, so there is a saying that she eats boiled eggs with shepherd's purse on March 3.
In fact, this is the rural saying "on March 3rd, shepherd's purse is a panacea".