Edible wild herbs  Shepherd's purse 山野菜-荠菜

Dean

The wild herbs has the characters like natural purity, special flavor and with abundant nutrition, including the necessities of the human body just like protein, fat and various vitamins, mineral materials and celluloses. Following the development of living condition, people begin to like the green food which is safer, more nutritious and no pollution.

The edible wild herbs,grown in natural condition,their nourishment compositions are higher than those of the cultivated vegetables,especially content of vitamins and inorganic salts.Agricultural chemical and chemical fertilizer has not polluted them. they are the real green foodstuff,and are highly praised by the modern people.

荠菜为十字花科植物capsellabursa-pastoris（l.）medic. 的幼嫩叶，

　　又名地菜，是人们喜爱的一种野菜。
　　荠菜又名护生草、菱角菜。以嫩叶供食。原产我国，目前遍布世界，我国自古就采集野生荠菜食用，早在公元前300年尽荠菜的记载。19世纪末至20世纪初，上海郊区开始 至今已有九十多年的栽培历史。

　　目前国内各大城市开始引种栽培，不过仍处于零星生生产的范围里。

tjdragon

为啥叫山野菜?野菜.

山清水秀

I have collected the wild herbs many times .
Collecting herbs in the field is relaxing and interesting .
The dumpings with herbs in them are very delicous,

Dean

Most city or town people go to the fields to pick wild herbs--sheperd's purse these days. My wife and i went to the fields to collect some too. It is really fun and interesting to go into the fileds in spring time. We can enjoy the fresh air and beautiful wheat fields nearby. There are some wild flowers here and there and it is really a natural beauty.

Dean

My wife makes jiaozi (Chinese dumplings) with sheperd's purse as ingredients. They taste very nice. I like them much.

他乡知客

Urban life is a kind of suffer, heavy pollution, crowded and busy, so we need a kind of nature return, escape from the city for a while.
Wild herbs, may also have been planted by farmers for better profit, or I may try someday!