Is snow vegetable pickled vegetable?

Snow vegetable is a side dish made with snow mustard greens. Since snow vegetable is also fermented with sour water, its taste is somewhat similar to sauerkraut. At the same time, snow vegetable can play a very good role in clearing away heat and reducing internal heat in the human body. For example, people with swollen gums and sore throats can eat more vegetables to reduce internal heat. But there are still many people who wonder if snow cabbage and sauerkraut are the same type?

Although snow vegetables, pickles and sauerkraut are all dishes that go well with rice and are all pickled, they have different effects and flavors.

Snow vegetable, also known as snow vegetable, nine-headed mustard, cooked vegetable, and stir-fried vegetable, belongs to the genus Brassica and the division of angiosperms, and is a type of mustard. Snow vegetable is the tender stems and leaves of the cruciferous plant mustard. It is cool in nature and enters the lung, spleen and stomach meridians.

It has the effects of diuresis and antidiarrhea, dispelling wind and blood, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat urinary problems, dysentery, coughing up blood, swollen and painful gums, sore throat and hoarseness, swollen and painful hemorrhoids, itching of lacquer sores, bruises, joint pain and other diseases. It is a commonly used herbal medicine among the people. It can be applied externally or taken internally.

Pickles are vegetables pickled with salt and other seasonings. It has a strong salty taste and can be preserved for a long time. It can be considered a kind of Chinese culture.

Sauerkraut, formerly known as zū (菹), can be an appetizer, a side dish, or a seasoning for dishes. It can be divided into Northeast sauerkraut, Sichuan sauerkraut, Guizhou sauerkraut, Yunnan Fuyuan sauerkraut, etc. The taste and style of sauerkraut in different regions are also different. The "sauerkraut" that ordinary people often refer to generally refers to the general term for all kinds of sauerkraut made from all green vegetables or cabbages.