Gray cabbage is distributed throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, and is produced in various parts of China. It grows along roadsides, wastelands, and fields, and is a difficult weed to eliminate. However, there are also precautions when consuming gray cabbage!
Picture of gray cabbage
【Methods of consuming gray cabbage】
Gray cabbage is an environmentally friendly wild dish.
Consumption method: blanch with boiling water, then soak in clean water, can be stir-fried, cold mixed, or made into soup, and can also be dried and stored. Put the tender gray cabbage into boiling water for a while (the time should not be too long), it can be used to stir-fry meat and taste delicious.
It can also be mixed with scallions, ginger, garlic, salt, monosodium glutamate, and sesame oil. If you add some chili and vinegar, the taste will be even better.
【Precautions when consuming gray cabbage】
The seedlings can be used as vegetables, and the stems and leaves can be fed to livestock. The fruit (called gray fruit) is used as medicine in some areas.
Gray cabbage is a photosensitive plant containing porphyrin substances. Excessive consumption or contact, and exposure to sunlight for several hours can cause acute phototoxic inflammatory reactions, with symptoms such as redness, shine, and tingling or itching all over the body.
Therefore, the amount of gray cabbage consumed at one time should not be too much, and after consumption or contact, it is important to avoid strong sunlight exposure.
【Is gray cabbage toxic?】
There was a folk legend that this plant is poisonous. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. Some people mistook the seedlings of "mandrake" for this plant and thus believed that it was poisonous.
There is another situation where some people experience symptoms after consuming too much, leading them to believe that the plant itself is toxic.
We need to understand that gray cabbage is not toxic. However, it is important to note that it resembles the seedlings of "mandrake".
Therefore, we must not confuse them, because the true "mandrake" can be toxic. However, just because they resemble each other does not mean that gray cabbage is also toxic.
