Oxtail shoots are rich in protein, amino acids, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamins B1, B2, C. Each 100g of oxtail shoots contains 9.79g of dry matter, 3.28g of protein, 4.47g of carbohydrates, 0.9g of fiber, 0.13g of fat, 22mg of calcium, 56mg of phosphorus, 0.1mg of iron, a variety of vitamins and carotene. Content than the cabbage content more than double; and oxtail shoots of protein is superior, the human body essential lysine, tryptophan, threonine, phenylalanine, as well as in the protein metabolism process occupies an important position in the glutamic acid and cystine to maintain the role of the protein conformation, have a certain amount of content, for the excellent health care vegetables.

The Chinese medicine believes that oxtail shoots taste sweet, slightly cold, non-toxic. In medicine, it has the effect of clearing heat and phlegm, benefiting qi and stomach, treating thirst, facilitating watercourse, facilitating diaphragm and refreshing the stomach. Oxtail shoots also has low-fat, low-sugar, multi-fiber characteristics, consumption of oxtail shoots can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, to go to the food, to prevent constipation, and the prevention of colorectal cancer. Oxtail bamboo shoots contain fat, starch is very little, is a natural low-fat, low-calorie food, is a good product for obese people to lose weight. Nutritionists believe that the bamboo groves of people in the land of longevity, and rarely suffer from high blood pressure, which often eat oxtail shoots have a certain relationship.