In some places, wormwood is called white wormwood to distinguish it from black wormwood. In some places, people call it fairy wormwood. Not only is it a food and drink to relieve hunger during famine for people in the highlands, this plant is also a valuable medicine.
The plant grows all over the forest edges, hillsides, under the canopy, along the stream banks, even on gravel and rocks. Its leaves and tubers resemble turmeric and ginger but are white. From March to the end of May, people start harvesting old wormwood tubers, which have a high starch content. After this time, the starch quality is low and has less value.
In the past, there were no tools for grinding, so people chose long rattan trees and sat every night to grind the roots into powder. After many times of soaking and filtering to remove the yellow sap, they produced a white powder, which was dried and used all year round.
Mugwort root is rich in starch, just scrape and wash it, soak it in rice water, can be steamed, boiled with potatoes, cassava to use instead of rice. Mugwort shoots and stems can be stir-fried to make dishes. For stomachache and diarrhea, boil the leaves to get water to drink to improve the disease...
With the potential of land and soil in mountainous areas, it is suitable for growing and developing mugwort. Nowadays, many families have intercropped this plant on the edges of fields and plantations. Wherever there is soil and a place to cling, mugwort will grow well.
Mostly people exploit and process by manual methods, so the efficiency is not high. Currently, many families invest in machinery to produce finished products with better value.
According to traditional medicine, wormwood belongs to the ginger family, has a spicy taste, aromatic smell, warm properties, and is often used to treat stomachache, bloating, poor digestion, rheumatism, aching muscles and bones, fever, and snake bites.
Previously, the use of mugwort to treat diseases related to the digestive tract was applied by people according to folk experience.
Nowadays, with modern medicine, scientists have researched that wormwood extract contains the active ingredient diterpen coronarin, which is very effective for people with intestinal and colon problems, helping to reduce symptoms of the disease such as abdominal pain, bloating, indigestion, etc.
Therefore, to turn nature's gifts into rare foods and medicinal herbs, it is necessary to build some raw material production areas and effectively exploit this precious medicinal herb.
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