The burdock dishes in Pei County, my hometown are very famous.

I tell you that Arctium lappa L. is a kind of herbaceous straight-rooted plant, and it is a kind of edible vegetable with fat meat and roots, and its leaves and petioles are also edible. When burdock is ripe, the big leaves are like handfuls of umbrellas, long, all the leaves are dark green, and the green on the back will be deeper. There are short hairs on the leaves, which tickle to the touch. Straight stem is like yam, which grows quite tall; Its roots are like a big spindle, and its meat is delicious. It can be stewed or made into soup. Its skin is like a weather-beaten old man, dark brown with some wrinkles, and its meat is yellowish white, which tastes slightly bitter and a little sticky. It also has many aliases: Niu Cai, Da Li Zi and Xie Shi. . . . . .

reading books will tell you that burdock is of great medicinal value! Its fiber can promote large intestine peristalsis, help defecation, lower cholesterol in the body, reduce the accumulation of toxins and wastes in the body, and achieve the role of preventing stroke and gastric cancer. Doctors believe that besides diuretic and antidiarrheal functions, it can also be used for constipation, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, dispelling wind and cooling, dispersing lung qi and penetrating rash, detoxifying and relieving sore throat, wind-heat cold, cough with excessive phlegm, sore throat and so on. Its seeds and roots can also be used as medicine! It can also be made into burdock sparerib soup, sand tea burdock and burdock sauce. Nowadays, burdock has become a healthy dish in people's homes in China and Japan! It can be compared with ginseng, so it is nicknamed "Toyo Ginseng".