The burdock is often used in traditional medicine as a medicine for evacuating heat, reducing swelling and relieving sore throat. The burdock itself is also bitter and cold, and burdock is close to the effect, so it is often used to treat the wind and cold, cough and heat accumulation caused by the constipation, tinnitus, especially for the internal heat caused by the sore throat, gums, etc. very effective. Even the young leaves of burdock also have a very good effect on swelling, mashed and applied externally to the red, swollen, hot and painful place, can speed up the healing.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" also recorded that long-term use of burdock can be "through the meridians, in addition to the five organs of the bad gas, light body resistance to labor" effect, at present, this statement has been confirmed by modern scientific research.

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The content of dietary fiber in burdock is also extremely rich, and naturally slows down the rate of glucose and lipid absorption in the intestinal tract, assisting in the control of glucose and lipids, in addition to its effect in helping the intestinal tract peristalsis and promoting defecation, which is also very effective.

And burdock rhizome in a large number of burdock polysaccharide and other plant active substances can also play a role in improving immunity. Modern people often drink burdock tea, mostly because it has to lower blood sugar and blood fat, promote defecation and other effects, Japan, Taiwan women on burdock tea is also particularly favored, I believe it can help reduce fat control weight.

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