1, reed leaves
Reed leaves are the leaves of reed, which is a tall grass that has been aquatic or wet for many years and grows beside irrigation ditches, banks and swamps. Reed can be used as medicine all over the body, including reed leaves, flowers, stems, roots and asparagus. There is a custom of wrapping zongzi with reed leaves in China folk customs.
2. Ruoye
Indocalamus leaves are the leaves of Indocalamus, which mainly grow in the south, so they are often used to wrap zongzi in the south. Indocalamus has fast growth, large leaves, high yield, rich resources and wide uses. Indocalamus leaves are sweet in taste and cold in nature, and have the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, stopping bleeding and reducing swelling. Mainly used for the treatment of vomiting, epistaxis, hematuria, urinary stranguria, laryngitis and carbuncle. Moreover, Indocalamus leaves, bamboo shoots and their products have high medicinal value and can prevent and treat cancer-specific cachexia.
3. Zongba leaves
Zongba leaf is the rhizome of Zongba leaf of Liliaceae, which can be harvested all year round. Has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, healing bones, relieving pain, and clearing away heat and toxic materials. Born in deep forests, wet places by valleys and streams. Distributed in Yunnan and other places. Zongba leaves are mainly used for dysentery, malaria, rheumatic joint pain, lumbago and leg pain due to kidney deficiency, traumatic sprain, fracture, snake bite and so on.
4. mistletoe leaves
People from Lushi County, Xixia County, Henan Province, Luonan County, Shanyang County, Shangnan County and other places. Will use mistletoe leaves to wrap zongzi, called mistletoe zongzi. During the Dragon Boat Festival, the leaves of Quercus are ripe and give off a strong fragrance. People pick them from the mountains and let them dry in the shade to remove the astringency. Then it is wrapped in millet and cooked to become a mistletoe bag. According to the records of trees in China, this kind of tree is called Quercus, a deciduous tree with oval leaves and wavy teeth at the edge. It grows in broad-leaved forests and pine-oak forests on sunny slopes in mountainous areas, with deep roots, drought resistance, strong wind resistance, smoke resistance and insect resistance. Seeds can be used to make wine, and leaves can be used to raise tussah.
5. Lotus leaf
Some areas use lotus leaves to wrap zongzi, which is called lotus leaf zongzi. Lotus leaves are wrapped in food for a long time, and the natural fragrance makes people feel relaxed and happy. Lotus leaf tastes bitter and flat, and belongs to liver, spleen, stomach and heart meridian. Has the effects of clearing away summer heat, promoting diuresis, promoting hair growth, clearing yang, cooling blood and stopping bleeding. The modern research results of traditional Chinese medicine show that lotus leaf has the function of reducing blood fat. Treatment of hyperlipidemia with lotus leaf decoction.
6. Banana leaves
The zongzi wrapped in banana leaves is called banana zongzi. Banana leaves can be used as medicine, which is cold and sweet, and has the effects of clearing heat, diuresis and detoxification. Commonly used for fever, heatstroke, beriberi, carbuncle, toxic heat and scald.