Hello, burdock root is used for cooking, which can be fried, steamed, stewed and made into soup. Burdock root is directly used for soaking in water, which is ugly in color and unpleasant in taste. If you want to soak in water, you can use burdock tea. I come from Pei County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the hometown of burdock, with fresh burdock and burdock tea. Please contact me if you have any questions you need to know. My nickname is "I sell burdock tea", add me as a friend.