Niu Knee Know a Chinese Medicine Every Day

Know a Chinese Medicine Every Day

Alias:Hundred-fold, Huai Niu Knee, Niu Condylar Knees, Mountain Amaranth, Right Sections of Grass, Red Niu Knee, Duhu Niu Knee, Earth Niu Knee.

Sex:Flat in nature, sour in flavor, bitter in liver and kidney meridians.

Concerned about the cow's knee

The dried root of the Amaranthaceae plant cow's knee. Digging in winter when the stem and leaves withered, remove the fibrous roots and sediment, bundled into small handfuls, sun-dried to dry wrinkles, the top cut flush, sun-dried. Hard and brittle, easy to break, moisture is soft, flat section, yellowish brown, slightly horny and oily, the center of the vascular bundles of the wood is larger, yellowish white, its periphery scattered with most of the dotted vascular bundles, arranged in 2~4 rounds. The flavor is slightly sweet and slightly bitter and astringent.

How to eat cow's knee

Cow's knee squash soup, cow's knee mixed with jellyfish, cow's knee porridge, cow's knee roasted hooves.