In the Qing Dynasty, Ye's "Hankou Zhi Zhu Ci" said: "Three or three orders are more important than the kitchen, and the taste is new. Rice meals and eggs are ready, full and fragrant. " The rice meal in this word refers to shepherd's purse, which is not only nutritious, but also can treat many diseases. It is not only a delicious food, but also a panacea. "shepherd's purse, alias shepherd's purse, grass protection, chicken heart vegetables, its roots, flowers, seeds can be used as medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, shepherd's purse has a wide range of medicinal value and is known as "licorice in vegetables".
Chinese medicine believes that shepherd's purse is sweet in taste and cool in nature, and belongs to liver, spleen and kidney meridians, which has the effects of harmonizing spleen, promoting diuresis, stopping bleeding and improving eyesight. There are many ways to eat shepherd's purse, which can be mixed, fried, stewed, stuffed or made into soup. All of them are attractive in color and delicious in taste, and they are delicious vegetables with the same origin of medicine and food. Boiled eggs with shepherd's purse is the most common way to eat in Hunan. On the third day of March, shepherd's purse will have long stems and flowers, and women will pick them and put them in their hair.
Because the homonym of shepherd's purse is "amassing wealth", according to folklore, on the third day of March, at the time of ancestor worship, people will use the gods and wealth of their ancestors to wash fresh shepherd's purse, tie it into small bundles, add eggs, red dates, balloons and two or three slices of ginger to cook a big pot, and the whole family will eat a bowl and have a good time. It is said that it can remove rheumatism, clear fire, relieve pain in waist and legs, and prevent spring plague.