Burdock, also known as cow vegetable, white muscle ginseng, etc., for the Asteraceae plant, root and fruit can be used as medicine. Biennial or perennial herbs, the first year only root leaves, the second year of flowering seeds. The main root is fleshy and fat, erect stem, 100-260 centimeters high, multi-branched. Root leaves are large, clustered with long stalks, and stem leaves are alternate and triangular-rounded. The margins are slightly undulate or finely steel serrated, the leaf surfaces are dark green and smooth, the abaxial surfaces of the leaves are gray-green and externally tomentose, capitate flowers, reddish-purple tubular, the flowers are clustered at the top of the stems, and the achenes, long ovate may be obovate, grayish-brown and spotted. Its fleshy roots tender and crispy, nutritious, is a vegetable in the treasures, both boiled, can also be burned, fried, pickled, sauced, make soup, tea, juice, etc., has a heat detoxification, reduce cholesterol, enhance the human body's immunity and the prevention of diabetes, constipation, high blood pressure, the seeds are the main treatment of external cough, pneumonia, sore throat, sores, swelling and toxicity and other illnesses.

The burdock is highly adaptable, can be born in the wilderness on the slopes, ditch roadside, preferring a mild and humid climate, cold hardy, need more water during the growth period, lower hills and low mountains cultivation is most suitable. Burdock is a deep-rooted plants, like fertilizer, planting soil loose, deep, fertile soil. sowing in October around the time of sowing, watering before sowing, to be water seepage according to the rows of plant spacing 60-80 cm, 50-60 cm hole, hole depth of 6-10 cm, each hole sowing 7 The hole depth is 6-10 centimeters, and each hole is sown with 7-8 grains, and the soil is covered with 3 centimeters of soil. The rhizome can be harvested in May-June of the following year. The annual yield of rhizomes is 2000 kilograms per mu.

Burdock is also known as Dali Zi, black radish, ten thousand hooks, cow cabbage, for the Asteraceae biennial herb. Root fleshy, stout stems, 1~2 meters high, with purple, slightly hairy, upper multi-branched. Basal leaves are clustered, stem leaves alternate, broadly ovate or cordate, 40~50 cm long, 30~40 cm wide, green and glabrous above, densely grayish-white tomentose below, entire, undulate or serrulate, rounded at the tip, cordate at the base, stalked, the upper leaves tapering. Heads clustered or arranged in corymbs, pedicellate; involucres globose, involucral bracts lanceolate; flowers all tubular, lavender. Achenes ellipsoid or obovate, gray-black. Flowering June to July, fruiting August to September.

The burdock is mainly distributed in northeast, north and northwest China, and also in parts of east, central and southwest China. The garden can be used as greening materials applied to the forest field. Burdock young leaves, flowers, fleshy roots are edible. Its nutritional value is very high.

Those who consume the young stems and leaves are collected from April to May, blanched in boiling water, soaked in fresh water and then fried, made into soup or salted. Soak in 0.5% vinegar water to remove astringency and make its flavor better; for those who consume the fleshy roots, dig them up in late fall or winter, soak them and use them for pickling, or fry them.

Fried burdock leaves

500 grams of burdock leaves. Salt, monosodium glutamate (MSG), green onion, lard.

The burdock leaves will be removed and washed, into the boiling water pot blanch a little, out of the wash, squeeze out the water cut into pieces. Frying pan is hot, under the shallot incense, into the burdock leaves, salt, fried to taste, point into the monosodium glutamate, sprinkled with scallions, out of the pot that is to become. Consumption of this dish, can treat headache, fever, acute mastitis and other diseases. Healthy people eat can moisturize the skin, light body to prolong life.

Burdock root stewed chicken

Burdock root 500 grams, chicken l only. Wine, salt, monosodium glutamate (MSG), pepper, scallions, ginger, each appropriate amount.

The burdock root is washed, peeled and cut into thick slices. The chicken slaughtered, remove the hair, viscera, feet and claws washed, into the boiling water pot welded a little, fished out and washed off the blood stains. Put the right amount of water in the pot, put the chicken to boil, add cooking wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, onion, ginger stew burned to within the cooked, into the burdock slices burned to taste, add pepper, out of the pot that is complete.

The burdock root has the efficacy of dispelling wind heat and eliminating swelling and toxicity. Chicken has a warm and beneficial qi, tonic marrow and essence of the efficacy of the two composition of this dish, eating can provide the body with rich protein, fat, carbohydrates and other nutrients, has a warm and beneficial qi, eliminate wind and swelling effect. It is suitable for weak and thin, weak limbs, thirst, edema, pharyngeal swelling, cough and other diseases.

Burdock stew

Burdock root 500 grams, 250 grams of pork. Wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, green onion, ginger each moderate.

The burdock root is washed, peeled and sliced. Pork washed and cut into pieces. Add a suitable amount of water in the pot, zoom in on the pork to boil, add sprinkles, salt, monosodium glutamate, scallion, ginger, stew until the meat is cooked, into the burdock root slices stewed to taste, out of the pot that is complete. This dish by the burdock root slices and nourishing Yin moistening dryness, tonifying the middle and beneficial to the pork match and become, with rich protein, fat, carbon compounds and a variety of nutrients, with the wind swelling, nourishing Yin moistening dryness effect. It is suitable for dizziness, heat and swelling of the throat, yin deficiency, cough, thirst, weakness, fatigue, diarrhea and other diseases.

Burdock stewed pig intestines

500 grams of burdock root, 500 grams of pig intestines, wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, green onion, ginger each moderate.

The burdock root is washed and peeled and sliced. The pig intestines are washed many times, into the boiling water pot blanch, fish out of the wash and cut section. Add water to the pot, put the pig intestines to boil, add wine, salt, monosodium glutamate, green onions, ginger, stew until the pig intestines are cooked, into the burdock root slices stewed until cooked and flavored that is to become. This dish by the burdock root and moistening dry pig intestines to match and become, with moistening intestinal dryness, eliminating the effect of swelling and toxicity. Applicable to blood in stool, bloody diarrhea, hemorrhoids, prolapse of anus, carbuncle, thirst, throat swelling and other diseases.

Burdock porridge

Japanese rice 50 grams, burdock root 30 grams.

First take burdock root research filter 100 grams, and then cook rice porridge, near cooked into the burdock root juice can be. Burdock root has the efficacy of eliminating wind-heat, swelling and toxicity. Japonica rice has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, the two cooked into a porridge has the effect of promoting the lungs and clearing heat, and facilitating pharyngeal dispersal. Suitable for the lung and stomach heat caused by the sore throat, cough, poor appetite, constipation and other diseases.