No, burdock seed (because of the cow's great strength, so the ancient healers also called it Dali Zi), the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried mature fruit of burdock (scientific name: Arctium lappaL.), a biennial herb of the Asteraceae family.

Burdock root, Chinese medicine. It is the root of burdock Arctium lappa?L., family Asteraceae. Burdock is distributed in the northeast, northwest, south-central, southwest and Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places.

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Growing Environment of Burdock Root

Often cultivated. Wild, mostly born in the mountains, wild roadsides, ditch side, wasteland, mountain slopes, sunny meadows, forest edges, and near villages and towns. Distributed in the northeast, northwest, south-central, southwest and Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other places.

Traits of the herb

Fusiform, fleshy and erect. The skin is blackish brown with wrinkles, and yellowish white inside. The flavor is slightly bitter and sticky.

Pharmacological Actions

1, growth-promoting effects;

2, other effects: antibacterial and antifungal effects.

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