introduction of burdock: scientific name is arctum iappal, alias is Popeye, cowseed, bat thorn and oriental radish. It is a kind of vegetable with fat fleshy roots, petioles and tender leaves can also be eaten, and the fleshy roots of burdock are rich in nutritional value. Every 1g of fresh vegetables contains about 87g of water, 4.1-4.7g of protein, 3.-3.5g of carbohydrate, .1g of fat and 1.3-1.5g of cellulose. Carotene is as high as 39 mg. Vitamin Cl.9 mg. Mineral elements contain 24 mg of calcium, 16 mg of phosphorus and 7.6 mg of iron, and other nutrients. Burdock fleshy roots are tender and crisp. Can be fried, cooked, eaten raw or processed into drinks. Arctium lappa L. is a herbaceous taproot plant of Compositae, which is warm, sweet and non-toxic. Alias Dali, Toyo Ginseng, Bullwhip, etc. Fructus Arctii and Radix Arctii can be used as medicine and edible. Originated in China, it was introduced to Japan around 92 AD, where many varieties were cultivated and trained. At the end of 198s, burdock for vegetable was introduced from Japan, most of which was exported, and a small amount entered the domestic market. Burdock has been used as a medicine for a long time in China, and only in recent years has the nutritional value, edible value and pharmacology of burdock been studied. In Japan, burdock has become a health-care dish for strengthening the body, preventing and treating diseases in the homes of ordinary people. It can be compared with ginseng, so it is called Oriental Ginseng. With its unique aroma, pure taste and rich nutritional value, Toyo Ginseng (Burdock) series products are popular in Southeast Asian markets, popular in Japan, Taiwan Province and South Korea, and have attracted the love and attention of people of insight in Western Europe and the United States. Burdock is called Oriental Ginseng in Japan and originated from China. It is called "Burdock" in Compendium of Materia Medica (also called "Popeye") as a biennial herb, and its offsprings and roots can be used as medicine and edible. It is called "three essential drugs for dispelling wind, removing heat and detoxifying" in Classic of Materia Medica. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that it can "get through the twelve meridians and wash away the evil spirits of the five internal organs" and "take it for a long time, but be fit and resist aging". Burdock enjoys the reputation of "king of vegetables", which is comparable to ginseng in Japan. It is a health care product with high nutritional value. It is rich in inulin, cellulose, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals and amino acids needed by human body, and its carotene content is 28 times higher than that of carrots. According to authoritative works such as Cherishing Famous Vegetables and Vegetable Cultivation, regular consumption of burdock root can promote blood circulation, remove gastrointestinal waste, prevent premature aging, moisturize skin, prevent stroke and hypertension, clear intestines and detoxify, reduce cholesterol and blood sugar, and is suitable for diabetic patients to eat for a long time (because burdock root contains inulin). It has certain curative effects on rheumatoid diseases and fungi, and also has good preventive and inhibitory effects on cancer and uremia. The function and value of burdock are being deeply understood and explored by people. In the authoritative pharmacopoeia of China, such as Dictionary of Modern Chinese Medicine and Dictionary of Chinese Medicine, the pharmacological effects of burdock are summarized into three aspects: first, it can promote growth; Second, there are substances that inhibit tumor growth; Third, it has antibacterial and antifungal effects. The main functions of Arctium lappa L. root are dispelling wind and dissipating heat, detoxicating and detumescence. It can be used for treating wind-heat cold, cough, sore throat, constipation, dizziness caused by wind-fire disturbance, tinnitus, deafness and blurred vision. It can also be used for external treatment of wind-heat toxic red swelling, toothache, gingival swelling and pain, carbuncle and malignant sore. In fact, burdock root, as a blind Chinese medicine, has been recorded in detail in ancient medical documents such as Compendium of Materia Medica, Bielu of Famous Doctors, Theory of Medicinal Properties, Newly-revised Materia Medica, Collection of Materia Medica, Classification of Herbs, and China Medicinal Diet Collection. Dr. Al Stell, a famous American health care expert, pointed out in his book "Anti-aging Scripture" that "the root of burdock is deeply loved by people all over the world, and it is considered to be a mild nutritious herb that can help the human body maintain a good working condition (suitable and practical from childhood to old age). Burdock can eat the sun without any side effects, and it is an important herb that has a restoring effect on the balance of the body system. Herbologists use it as a cancer therapeutic agent, and also regard it as a digestive and solution with outstanding curative effect. Dr Maeda of Kumamoto University believes that the health care function of burdock is to eliminate and neutralize "reactive oxygen species" harmful to human health, because "reactive oxygen species" is not only a carcinogenic factor, but also one of the causes of arteriosclerosis and aging. Burdock fiber can promote large intestine peristalsis, help defecation, reduce cholesterol in the body, reduce the accumulation of toxins and wastes in the body, and achieve the effects of preventing stroke and preventing and treating gastric cancer and uterine cancer. Western medicine believes that it not only has pharmacological effects such as diuresis, digestion elimination, expectorant and antidiarrheal, but also is used for dietotherapy of constipation, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it has the functions of dispelling wind and cooling, dispersing lung and penetrating rash, detoxifying and relieving sore throat. Can be used for treating wind-heat common cold, cough with excessive phlegm, measles and rubella, and sore throat. Burdock is very popular as a high-grade food in Japan, Taiwan Province and South Korea. As a health-care vegetable (tea) for strengthening the body, burdock root, together with ginseng, is listed as a raw material for health-care food by the Ministry of Health. It is precisely because of the nutritional value and medicinal function of burdock that people of insight have developed a series of products such as burdock vegetables, burdock tea, burdock wine and burdock paste. In China, it will also become a health care product in the new century and be popular! Act quickly and enjoy the health and happiness brought by nature. The function of burdock: first, it can be eaten, cooked and made into soup; Second, it can be used as medicine and is a good medicine; Third, you can make wine; Four, one of the famous teas, five, health care products. Health Vegetable (Tea)-Oriental Ginseng (Burdock) Recipe Burdock can be cooked, fried, mixed, fried, steamed, boiled, roasted, stewed, made into soup, stuffing and porridge, and eaten as you like. Different tastes of burdock delicacies can be made by using different cuisines and ingredients. The Chinese nation with profound catering culture will surely create a splendid burdock food culture in a short time. The specific reference methods are as follows: (1) raw materials of sand tea burdock: burdock 1g, sand tea sauce 3g, sesame sauce 1g, peanut butter 1g and pickled pepper 15g. Salt, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, dried starch, sugar, a little lettuce leaves, 15 grams of refined oil (about 5 grams). Practice: Peel and wash fresh burdock, cut it into straight strips (or burdock segments with clear water), soak it in clear water for 1 minutes, take it out and drain it, put it in a basin, add sand tea sauce, sesame sauce, peanut butter, refined salt, chicken essence, white sugar and pickled pepper, mix well, and pat dry starch one by one for later use. The clean pot is lit, put in refined oil and heated to 7% heat, then dip and fry it like powdered burdock strips. When it is fried to golden brown, take out and drain the oil, and put it into a dish with lettuce. (2) Burdock ribs soup Ingredients: 25g burdock, 25g ribs, a little parsley, 2 tsps salt and a little pepper. Practice: Burdock slices are soaked in vinegar water to prevent discoloration. Chop ribs (or pork belly) into small pieces. Boil the water in the pot, add the ribs and burdock, after boiling, cook for about 2 minutes on medium and small fire, and season with salt and pepper. Put it in a large bowl and sprinkle with coriander. (3) Honey burdock material: 1 kg of burdock, 24 g of malt, 1 kg of sugar, 4 pieces of sour plum and a little white sesame. Practice: 1. Cut the burdock into 3cm long pieces and add water (to marinate the burdock) to cook until it is cooked, add sour plum and turn it up and down to make it tasty, then add sugar and continue to cook it with low fire until the sugar is dissolved, then add maltose, and often turn it over and burn it until the water is dry. 2. Mix a little white sesame seeds before use to increase the taste. Note: Without the pot cover, the water is easy to evaporate. Burdock tea: High-quality burdock root is selected and processed by advanced technology. It is a high-grade nutritious drink suitable for all ages with golden color and pleasant fragrance. Other benefits of drinking burdock tea can only be realized after drinking it for a period of time, but you can get rid of constipation in a day or two, and it's not as bad as drinking slimming tea. Insisting on drinking burdock tea has a remarkable effect. Burdock contains water-soluble fiber, which can be obtained by drinking tea, which is economical and convenient for dieters. Drinking burdock tea has diuretic, laxative, hemorrhoid prevention and treatment, detoxication, blood clearing and skin caring, blood sugar and blood lipid regulation, blood pressure lowering and cholesterol lowering, spleen and stomach strengthening, kidney tonifying and yang strengthening effects, and has obvious effects on diabetes, rheumatoid disease, obesity and cancer. Drinking method: 1. Directly brew with boiling water. 2. Boil and drink. Take about 2 pieces of burdock tea, 2kg of water, 3-5 red dates, a little medlar, and a little crystal sugar (not suitable for diabetics), put them in a pot and boil them for 5-1min with low fire. The taste is better. burdock tea is stewed with ribs or meat, and the taste is delicious and unique. Clear water burdock: It is a product made from fresh burdock roots and sold back to Japan. No chemicals are added during the processing, and it has the shape of silk, slice, block and segment to meet the needs of different dishes. It won't have the disadvantage that the dishes made of fresh burdock are black in color, and its nutrition is slightly inferior, but it can be eaten all year round. And the processing process before cooking is omitted. Burdock is raw and edible, and its fiber is water-soluble, so it is more suitable for the elderly to eat it by stewing, hot pot and boiling. How to eat: after opening the bag and washing, cook immediately. Burdock can be stewed, boiled, fried, mixed, burned, made into soup and stuffing, and can also be cooked with all kinds of meat. Not only has high nutritional value, but also tastes very delicious. You can eat burdock as you like. Chinese traditional medicinal diet burdock diet recipe (1) burdock fish soup <: Indications: coronary heart disease > Ingredients: 1g of burdock, 1g of fish, 15g of tomatoes, 25g of peas, 1g of bread, 25g of broth, 15g of dried mushrooms, 15g of vegetable oil (actual consumption is 25g) of yellow rice wine, monosodium glutamate, salt and dried powder. Practice: First, remove the roots of the mushrooms with water and cut them into small cubes, chop the burdock, and mix the tomatoes and croutons with water; Take fish and put it in a boiling pot, cook it with low fire, take it out and grind it into mud; Boil the broth and pour in fish paste, mashed burdock, peas, diced mushrooms, diced tomatoes, monosodium glutamate, yellow wine and salt. When the water is boiled again, add wet starch, stir a few times, and add lard to make fish paste soup; Then take the vegetable oil and pour it into the pot, and pour the fish paste soup. Efficacy: tonify spleen and stomach, suitable for cerebrovascular diseases, hypertension, coronary heart disease, etc. (2) shredded pork tripe with burdock < Indications: diabetes > Ingredients: 1g shredded burdock, 1 shredded pork belly, fermented soya beans and scallion. Practice: Wash the pork belly first, put the pork belly and shredded burdock into the boiling water pot at the same time, cook until the pork belly is cooked, then add scallion, fermented soya beans and salt to taste, take out the pork belly and cut it into pieces. Efficacy: tonify spleen and qi, suitable for diabetes and diabetes (patients should eat on an empty stomach for better effect, and drink soup when thirsty). (3) Burdock kelp soup < Indications: hypertension > Ingredients: 1g burdock, 3g kelp and 15 cassia seeds. Practice: put shredded burdock, kelp and cassia seed together in a pot, add appropriate amount of water, simmer the soup until it is cooked, and then remove cassia seed (burdock is edible). Efficacy: Clearing liver and resolving phlegm, suitable for conjunctivitis, hypertension, red face and headache caused by hyperactive liver. (4) Burdock Eucommia ulmoides Soup <: Indications: sequelae of stroke > Ingredients: 1 burdock. 3 quails, 3 grams of Eucommia ulmoides, 6 grams of yam, 15 grams of medlar, 8 grams of ginger, 1 grams of red dates, and refined salt food. Practice: First, put the washed quail, burdock, Eucommia ulmoides, Lycium barbarum, pitted red dates and ginger into the pot, add appropriate amount of water, boil with strong fire, then switch to slow fire for 3 hours, and add refined salt to taste. Efficacy: tonify liver and kidney, strengthen kidney and bone. Sequela of stroke. Burdock can do whatever it wants. Act quickly and show the style of Chinese cuisine! The source is the root of Arctium lappa L., a compositae plant. It can be harvested in all seasons, washed, sliced and dried. Sexual taste is bitter, pungent and cold. Functions: clearing away heat and toxic materials, dispelling wind and relieving sore throat. Used for wind-heat cold, cough, sore throat, sore and furuncle, tinea pedis and eczema. Usage and dosage: 3 ~ 5 yuan. Excerpt from the reference of National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicine:/view/948.htm.