Alias of burdock, burdock, Chinese medicine. For the Asteraceae biennial herb burdock (scientific name: Arctium lappa L.) dry mature fruit. It is also known as Dali Zi, rat stick, evil real and so on. The fruit is harvested in the fall when the fruit is ripe in the sequence, sun-dried, beat down the fruit, remove impurities, and then sun-dried. It is used raw or fried, and crushed when used. It has the effects of dispersing wind-heat, declaring the lungs and transmitting rashes, inducing the pharynx and dispersing knots, and detoxifying the toxins and subduing swellings. It belongs to the dispersing wind-heat medicine in the antidote medicine. Modern research, burdock can also be used to prevent and control diabetic nephropathy; burdock fruit containing burdock glucoside hydrolyzed burdock glucoside yuan with anticancer activity.
Burdock is an herbaceous taproot plant of the family Asteraceae, warm, sweet, non-toxic. Alias Dali Zi, Oriental ginseng, cattle prod and so on. Burdock seed and burdock root can be used as both medicine and food. Native to China in 920 AD or so introduced to Japan, planted in Japan to train out a number of varieties, the late 1980s by the Japanese introduction of vegetable burdock, most of the exports, a small amount of the domestic market. Burdock has long been used for medicinal purposes in China, and it was only at the end of the 20th century that the nutritional value, food value and pharmacology of burdock began to be researched. In Japan, burdock has become a popular health food for strengthening the body and preventing and treating diseases. It is comparable to ginseng and is therefore called Oriental Ginseng. Oriental ginseng (burdock) series of products by virtue of its unique aroma, pure flavor, rich nutritional value of the Southeast Asian market, popular in Japan and Taiwan, South Korea, has aroused the Western Europe and the United States of America knowledgeable people's love and concern.
In Japan, burdock is known as Oriental ginseng, native to China, "Compendium of Materia Medica," said "burdock" (also known as Dali Zi) is a biennial herb, its seeds, roots can be used as a medicine, but also edible, the "Materia Medica Jingshu," said that it is "dispersing the wind to remove the heat and detoxification of the three important medicine. "It can also be eaten. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" said it "through the twelve meridians, wash the five viscera evil gas" "long service light body old age resistance". Burdock enjoys the reputation of the king of vegetables, comparable to ginseng in Japan, it is a nutritional value of health products, it is a treasure, rich in inulin, fiber, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron, and so on, the human body needs a variety of minerals, amino acids, which contains carotene than carrots 280 times higher.
According to "Cherished Famous Vegetables", "Vegetable Cultivation" and other authoritative works: regular consumption of burdock root has to promote blood circulation, remove gastrointestinal waste, to prevent premature aging, moisturize the skin, to prevent strokes and high blood pressure, intestinal detoxification, reduce cholesterol and blood glucose, and is suitable for diabetic patients to consume for long periods of time (due to the inulin contained in the root of burdock), rheumatism, anti-fungal effect, cancer and uremia also has a very good effect. Cancer and uremia also has a good preventive and inhibitory effect, so it is known as nature's best blood cleanser, Taiwan folk burdock as a tonic kidney, aphrodisiac, nourishing the holy products.