日记星球第104篇日记 <p class="ql-block">2025年3月30日，周日，晴</p><p class="ql-block">民间有句俗语：“三月三，荠菜赛仙丹。”这句话可不是随便说说的哦！春分到清明这段时间，开春发出来的第一茬荠菜开花结子了，这时候的荠菜可是入药的宝贝。特别是那种整株连根带子的老荠菜，药用价值最高。</p> <p class="ql-block">说到荠菜的好处，那可真是太多了！首先，它能“搜陈寒”。《黄帝内经》教导我们：“冬伤于寒，春必病温。”——冬天被寒气所伤，寒气会深入人体内部潜伏下来变成“陈寒”。到了春天，阳气升发，寒极生热，就会引起上火、感冒、发烧。</p><p class="ql-block">三月三就是"上巳节"， 吃“上巳菜”（荠菜），祛除积存一冬的体内“陈寒”。这个“搜”字很形象，说明它能将人体年深日久的陈寒给搜出来。这是荠菜对我们最大的贡献。</p> <p class="ql-block">明代《本草纲目》记载：“荠生济济，故谓之荠。”济济，是众多之意。后来，“济”字偏旁的三点水，被草头偏旁（艹）取代，“济”就成为“荠”字。</p><p class="ql-block">荠菜被视为“菜中甘草”。孙思邈在《千金方》中提到荠菜的多种药用价值，荠菜性味甘平，它可和脾，可利水，可止血，可明目……。《名医别录》记载：“荠菜主利肝气，和中。”《日用本草》记载：“荠菜凉肝明目。”</p><p class="ql-block">荠菜还有别名“护生草”。该书引用了佛家的解释：夜晚点油灯时，用荠茎作“挑灯杖”，能避免蚊虫和飞蛾骚扰，具“护众生”作用。</p> <p class="ql-block">国外人也吃荠菜。欧洲人除了吃荠菜外，还把它作为药用植物来应用。奥地利人一直都把荠菜制成茶饮或药酒内服、外用，用来止血、治疗皮肤病、心血管疾病、妇科病或运动器官产生的疾患。</p><p class="ql-block">在日本和韩国，以荠菜为原料的食物也颇为盛行。到了合适的季节，街边餐馆会纷纷推出季节限定的寿司等特色小食。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">荠菜的英文名称“Shepherd's purse”也很有趣，按字面意思翻译就是是“牧羊人的钱包”，是不是感觉风马牛不相及?原因是荠菜的果荚略呈三角形，体积很小，其形状类似古欧洲某些地区牧羊人的钱包，因此而得名。</p><p class="ql-block">早在17世纪的英格兰和苏格兰地区，荠菜曾有个名字叫做“妈妈的心（mother's heart）”。因为那时孩子们喜欢用成熟的荠菜玩一种游戏——谁要是摘下的果荚破裂了，谁就被认为是“伤了妈妈的心”。</p> <p class="ql-block">后附一段荠菜的英文介绍:</p><p class="ql-block">It is said that shepherd's purse(荠菜)is the best medicine on the third day of the third lunar month. Every year on this day, people have the tradition of boiling eggs with shepherd's purse in many places of China. Shepherd's purse has been eaten in China for hundreds of years, and you can find its records in many medical books. So it is not only the wild vegetable with delicious taste, but a kind of medicinal material of high value.</p><p class="ql-block">Some people like to eat shepherd's purse with boiled eggs while others prefer to drink a bowl of its soup on that day. So, how to make the delicious soup?</p><p class="ql-block">First,wash the eggs and red jujube(红枣)in advance. Cut the ginger(姜) into thin pieces.</p><p class="ql-block">Next, remove the yellow leaves and roots of the shepherd's purse. Wash it and make it in a shape of a bird's nest.</p><p class="ql-block">Then, pour some water with the shepherd's purse, eggs, red jujube,ginger slices into the pot and cook for 20 minutes.</p><p class="ql-block">Finally , use a spoon to break the eggshell so that the flavour can go into it better. Cover it for a few minutes before opening the lid.</p><p class="ql-block">With much rain in spring,this soup can play a good role in clearing damp(湿气).Shepherd's purse also has an effect of antipyretic hemostasis(清热止血).Children who have nosebleeds will receive a good treatment with it. But it is important to note that shepherd's purse has the same thing as oxytocin(催产素)and hemostasisL function,so pregnant(怀孕的)women and menstruating(月经期的)women cannot drink this soup.</p>