Alias: Japanese bamboo shoots, Japanese ginseng, Japanese lotus root, dried lotus root, ground ring, Japanese silkworm, giant grass silkworm, vegetable ginger, sweet potato, sweet potato, sweet potato guy, Japanese ancient cow, padded wheel, turnip, Potatoes, silver striped cabbage, Japanese asparagus, water notoginseng, wild notoginseng, manna seed, and Eupatorium adenophorum. Dictyophora japonica Thunb. of Labiatae is a perennial herb, which is widely eaten by Chinese people. It can pick tender stems and leaves in spring and summer, and can be used for cold salad, stir-fried food and soup. It mainly eats underground swollen stolons dug up after late autumn (named Dictyophora japonica Thunb. because of its shape and taste like small bamboo shoots).

The concept of root and rhizome of bamboo shoots is as white as jade, fresh and crisp, and can be eaten fresh, cold or fried, cooked, made into soup, pickled, soaked in vinegar, candied and pickled. It tastes good and is called a wild vegetable treasure. In particular, the crispy fried Radix Codonopsis has a unique flavor, excellent taste, and a fragrant aftertaste, and has the effects of refreshing the brain, appetizing food, nourishing liver and kidney deficiency, and strengthening the waist and knees.

Edible efficacy:

Bamboo shoots are rich in starch, protein, minerals, and also contain Eupatorium adenophorum, glucose, breast-enriching sugar, sucrose and stachyose, which can provide abundant energy for human body. According to modern medical research, bamboo shoots are rich in more than 20 kinds of trace elements needed by human body, and also have special effects of inhibiting the proliferation of esophageal cancer cells and losing weight. It is a multi-purpose health-care vegetable with high development value.

In addition to being eaten as vegetables, the aboveground parts are commonly used Chinese herbal medicines named Eupatorium adenophorum after being harvested and dried in summer and autumn. Bamboo shoots are pungent, warm and sweet, and have the functions of reducing blood fat, dredging nine orifices, benefiting joints and nourishing qi and blood. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, invigorating qi, promoting diuresis and relieving swelling, and can be used for hematemesis, epistaxis, menoxenia, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, abdominal pain and edema.

Diet should be taboo:

It can be eaten by the general population.