Eating vegetables

Eating vegetables

(food materia medica by Yao Kecheng)

[synonym] Wuta Cai, piaoer CAI and xueliqing (seed plants in southern Jiangsu).

[source] it is the whole plant of tukecai, a cruciferous plant.

[plant morphology] tukecai

It is a biennial herb, sometimes cultivated as an annual herb. It is green, with stout roots and a short neck at the top. Its stem is erect, 30-40 cm high, with upper branches. The basal leaves are dense, thick and wrinkled, ovate to obovate, 10-20 cm long, blunt at the apex, with one or two pairs of indistinct lobes at the base; the petioles are white, 8-20 mm wide; the cauline leaves are round or oval, sessile and amplexicaul, entire. Racemes few, stout; flowers yellow, 6-10 mm long, shorter than pedicel; petals cruciform, with long claws; stamens 6, 4, 2 short; stigma capitate. Long horned fruit cylindrical, 2-4 cm long, with thick beak. Seeds globose, dark brown.

It is cultivated in East China.

[chemical constituents] 1 catty of Ladybug contains 7.5G protein, 0.8g fat, 12g sugar and 6.6g ash; 332mg calcium, 127mg phosphorus, 5.7mg iron, 5.1mg carotene, 0.16mg thiamine, 0.29mg riboflavin, 2.9mg kenic acid and vitamin C_ 172 mg.

[nature and taste] Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "sweet, flat, non-toxic. "

[functions and indications] Yao Kecheng's food materia medica: "it can smooth the intestines, soothe the liver and benefit the five internal organs. "