Introduction to Shennong and Ginger: Legend has it that the plant ginger was discovered and named by Shennong. One time, Shennong tasted grass in the mountains and accidentally ate poisonous mushrooms. His stomach hurt so much that he rolled on the ground desperately. I don't know how long it took, but Shennong was awakened by a smell. It turned out that there was a clump of green grass with sharp leaves next to it. After smelling it, his head stopped feeling dizzy, his chest stopped feeling tight, and his hands and feet became stronger. So Shennong plucked some of them, put the roots and leaves in his mouth and chewed them. It was fragrant, spicy and cool. After a while, my stomach growled, and after the diarrhea passed, all the symptoms of poisoning disappeared. For this life-saving grass, Shennong decided to give it a good name. Because his surname was Jiang, he named the plant "ginger", which means to bring oneself back to life.

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