and I loved it, I liked its aroma,  its elegant look. I searched for some  

information online in Chinese, most of the  articles portrait it in a positive light.  

Then I search ground ivy in English,  and I realized, it's a weed.  

Hi, I am Shao, Welcome to what people also ask,  where I search something seemingly obvious and  

share with you some of its PAA, aka People Also  Ask, which is a feature telling you what people  

also search on Google that related to your query.  Today's keyword is ground ivy. So first let's  

talk about what is ground ivy with our first PAA  "Is ground ivy and creeping Charlie the same?"  

which extracted its answer from an article titled  "Managing Creeping Charlie and Violets" published  

by University of Illinois Extension which is under  College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental  

Sciences. According to this article Ground ivy aka  Glechoma hederaceae, also called creeping Charlie,  

is a common lawn weed problem. Ground ivy  has small funnel-shaped purplish-blue flowers  

appearing from April to June. As a biased person,  I actually like the plant, I think it can actually  

be a very great herb for cooking and making tea.  As it turns out someone agrees with me. So "How do  

you eat ground ivy?" The answer is extracted  from an aritlce titled: Eating Ground Ivy:  

Is Creeping Charlie Edible published by Gardening  Know How which is a website about gardening. duh.  

According to this article, Ground Ivy is indeed  edible. As a matter of fact, in the 16th century,  

ground ivy was the flavoring as well as the  preservative in beer production, one of its  

common names is 'Alehoof,' meaning 'ale-herb,'  in reference to the time when ground ivy was used  

instead of hops. People were also eating creeping  Charlie as a cure-all for a variety of ills,  

from congestion to inflammation to tinnitus.  However, none of those therapeutic effects are  

supported by modern scientific consensus. Which  lead to our next PAA: What is ground ivy good for?  

which extracted its answer from an article titled  Ground Ivy: Health Benefits, Uses, Side Effects,  

Dosage & Interactions,published by RXlist which  is an online medical resource providing full  

prescribing information and patient education own  by Webmd. According to this article, people used  

Ground Ivy to treat a lot of conditions from mild  lung problems, coughs, to bronchitis. However,  

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness  of ground ivy for these uses. and it is known  

to contain substances that can damage the liver  and also cause miscarriages. Larger amounts can  

irritate the stomach, intestines, and kidneys,  and cause serious liver damage. So if you want  

to try it, make sure to consult your doctor  and nutritionist, for advice. Otherwise, it's  

quote on quote POSSIBLY SAFE in the amounts used  to flavor foods and in small doses as medicine. To  

be honest, I was so shocked when I realized it's  considered a weed in North America, cuz it's so  

cute and aromatic. But I think people in North  America see it as a weed for a reason. I think  

it's a good time to talk about a million PAAs  asking how to get rid of Ground Ivy, which made  

up about 99% of the PAAs when you search Ground  Ivy on Google. Since we have limited time, I will  

choose the article that I personally like the most  to share, it titled "Creeping Charlie: Management  

and Value to Pollinators" published by University  of Minnesota which has a very good Biological  

and Biomedical Sciences program. This article  explained why Ground Ivy is considered weed pretty  

well. Why people can't just let the Ground ivy  be and live peacefully with other plants in your  

garden. That's because it literally cannot live  peacefully with others. According to this article,  

Creeping Charlie will infiltrate lawn areas that  have been neglected or otherwise poorly managed.  

Once established within a lawn, creeping Charlie  may suppress the growth of surrounding plants,  

due to a characteristic called “allelopathy”.  An allelopathic plant will produce biochemicals  

that deter the fitness of surrounding plants.  This article also talked about how to get rid of  

it, which I will put the link in the description.  Alright, today we learned that Ground ivy aka  

Glechoma hederaceae, also called creeping Charlie.  Ground Ivy is edible in reasonable amounts. Ground  

ivy used to be the flavoring in beer production,  one of its common names is 'Alehoof,' meaning  

'ale-herb,' in reference to the time when ground  ivy was used instead of hops. People were eating  

Ground Ivy for a variety of conditions. However,  none of these therapeutic effects are supported  

by modern scientific consensus and it is known to  contain substances that can damage the liver and  

cause miscarriages. Ground Ivy is considered  a weed because it will suppress the growth  

of surrounding plants, due to a characteristic  called “allelopathy”If you made it to the end  

of the video, chances are that you enjoy learning  what people also ask on Google. But let's face it,  

reading PAA yourself will be a pain. So here's the  deal, I will do the reading for you and upload a  

video compiling some fun PAAs once a week, all  you have to do is to hit the subscribe button and  

the bell icon so you won't miss any PAA report  that I compile. So just do it right now. Bye!