Description
Mrs Chow Happy Farm
🚚 The Fastest Delivery Time : 2-day Delivery. In Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun Yuen Long districts, the fastest delivery possible is the next day, directly from the farm.
🐝 Supplier / Place Of Origin：Mrs Chow Happy Farm / Mong Tseng Wai, Tin Shui Wai
🔖 Certification： Not HKORC Certified
🌱 About the Producer / Supplier：
I am a happy farmer who wants everyone to eat healthy and happy organic vegetables without pesticides or chemical fertilizers 😊.
Because I have seen that the vegetables grown with pesticides are so beautiful, but if we eat them, there will be problems in our stomachs. So no matter how hard it is for me, I like the organic vegetables I grow myself. I feel safe eating them. I want others to do the same. It’s healthy, so I want to share it with people🙏🙏
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🛍 Product Information：
Binomial Name：Plantago asiatica
Chinese Name：田灌草 | 車前草
Other Names：Chinese Plantain | 車前葉
Product Description：Plantain (scientific name: Plantago asiatica) is a species of the genus Plantain in the family Plantainaceae. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, also known as 蕮(pronounced as "Xi"), 薖(pronounced as "Da"), and field shrub. Grass is called Fengtuo in the Book of Songs, and it is called Fengwu in other poems. Plantago is its mature seed. It blooms from July to August.
Medicinal use
Plantain has diuretic, antitussive, expel phlegm, antidiarrheal and improves eyesight functions. The medicinal value of plantain has been discovered in ancient times, such as "Shen Nong's Materia Medica", "Famous Doctors", "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica" and "Compendium of Materia Medica" and other famous Chinese medicine books have detailed records on it. Traditional Chinese medicine often uses plantain and the dried and mature seeds of related plants as medicine. Harvesting can be carried out throughout the year, and the peak period is generally from June to September.
The mature seeds of plantain are called "Kazenko", and the whole plant during the flowering period is called "Kishazenko". It is an herbal medicine recorded in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia. Additionally, the dried leaves are called plantain leaves (しゃぜんよう) "shazenyo". As ingredients, the stems and leaves at the flowering stage contain the glycosides aucvin and ursolic acid, and the seeds contain succinic acid, adenine, choline and fatty acids.
生薬
オオバコの成熟種子を車前子（しゃぜんし）、花期の全草を天日で乾燥したものを車前草といい、日本薬局方に収録された生薬である。
種子、全草とも煎じて用いられ、服用すると咳止め、たんきり、下痢止め、消炎、むくみの利尿に効用があるとされる。また、葉も種子も熱を冷ます効用がある。漢方では、車前子は牛車腎気丸（ごしゃじんきがん）、竜胆瀉肝湯（りゅうたんしゃかんとう）などの漢方薬に配合される。車前葉は漢方薬として慢性気管支炎や高血圧症に使われる。
民間療法では、膿が出るような腫れ物には、葉を火であぶってよく揉んでから、患部に貼り付けると治るといわれる[16]。また、夏場に全草を採取して天日干しし、煎じて茶代わりに飲むと、消炎、利尿、下痢止め、胃腸病によいと言われている。
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Supply Season：The peak production period in Hong Kong is from June to September, and harvesting can be carried out throughout the year.
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Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the whole plant is used as medicine and has the effects of clearing away heat and diuresis, clearing away dampness and heat, improving eyesight and eliminating phlegm. The leaves and seeds are anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antitussive, cardiotonic, diuretic, expectorant, and hemostatic. The roots can be taken into soup to treat coughs.
Scientific research shows that plantain petroleum extract has significant antidepressant effects, and plantain and hot water extracts of plantain have anti-leukemia, anti-cancer and anti-viral activity.
Pregnant women need to avoid using this drug as it may cause uterine activity and diarrhea. Patients should not take lithium or Tegretol (an anticonvulsant drug for epilepsy and neuropathic pain) with plantain at the same time.
*Edible Compatibility：
There are no literature reports.
Cooking Skills：No description
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Medical content is for reference only and cannot be regarded as professional opinions. If you need to get medical help or opinions, please consult a professionals. For details, see the medical statement.
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Culinary use
The plant is suitable for cooking with grains and stews, and it can also be added to herbal wines.
The leaves of the plant are used in many Japanese dishes, especially soups. In Vietnam, the young leaves are boiled, fried, or made into soup with meat or prawns. It also can be fried with salt, or boiled with Yin Chen (Artemisia capillaris herba) to make Yin Chen Tea.
🔸 Supplementary Information：
Vegetables with different seasons, chemical fertilizers and environmental protection. I can use grass, bad fruits and vegetables, coffee, tea, residue, and eggshells for fertilizer. Everyone wants everyone to be healthy and happy 人️
Pre -order once a week. The supply depends on the delivery situation, or it will be shipped separately.
🥗 Product Category (English)： Chinese Plantain
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🔅 Remark：
☘️ Preserve vegetables
1. Leafy vegetables and softer vegetables, if packaged, should be placed in the cold box in the original package;
2. Organic Vegetables are more prone to spoilage if they have water droplets. Put the vegetables in a ventilated place to dry or wipe off the water vapor, then wrap the vegetables in slightly damp newspaper and put them in a plastic bag before refrigerating. ;
3. Organic vegetables do not use preservatives or special treatments. Vegetables are generally stored for three to five days. Some vegetables will decompose enzymes, so they should be eaten as soon as possible.
☘️ How to wash vegetables
Special attention: The dishes, especially small flowers and broccoli, are best soaked in the water to remove residual pesticides (this is organic farm, but will have, but not chemical, except to Re-generative Farm). It is recommended to use our vegetables and vegetables environmentally friendly cleaner
Dish Drops for 3 to 5 minutes to eliminate residuals, sand and dust.
1. Wash vegetables before cooking to keep them fresh;
2. It is not advisable to soak the vegetables for too long, and they should be washed first and then cut to avoid the loss of vitamins;
3. Washing vegetables with dilute salt water or Dish Drop can easily remove vegetable insects;
4. Cut vegetables with a stainless steel knife to reduce vitamin loss;
5. Vegetable leaves contain a lot of nutrients, so you should avoid shredding, chopping or grinding the leaves;
6. Immediately after cutting, to avoid the loss of vitamins due to air oxidation.
