Cabbage head has two meanings, one is the carrot referred to by Chaoshan people. The other is root beet, which is a variety of beet and can form a biennial herb with fat fleshy roots. The scientific name betalaursalsl. v is beet ar.rapaceaKoch, alias red cabbage head.

Scientific name: also called root.

Alias: red cabbage head, also known as "red beet", but it is a different variety from red beet.

Classification: Chenopodiaceae, sugar beet, is a variety of this genus sugar beet.

Origin: Origin: China coastal area, with a small amount of cultivation in China.

Morphology: biennial herb. The fleshy roots are spherical or oval, oblate, spindle-shaped, and purplish red. Leaves oblong or nearly triangular, dark green or reddish, petioles and veins purplish red. Spikes with white flowers. Fruits are interconnected to form a ball. The seeds are small, kidney-shaped and brown.

Like warm and bright, suitable for sandy loam growth, avoid acidic soil.

Uses: fleshy roots are used as vegetables and leaves as feed.

Edible: the taproot is large, which can be eaten raw, cold-mixed, fried, juiced, boiled, pickled, or used as feed; Seeds can be used to make tea, which is helpful to treat hernia or flatulence; Leaves have diuretic effect.

2. Medicinal use: nature and taste: root: sweet, pungent and flat; Zi: Bitter, pungent and warm; Leaves: Xin, Gan and Ping. Efficacy: Root: invigorating spleen, dredging middle energizer, relieving depression, clearing away heat and toxic materials. Treating dyspepsia, chronic dysentery, anorexia due to spleen deficiency, asthenia, abdominal pain, diarrhea, asthma, whooping cough, sore throat, measles, chickenpox, carbuncle, scald, hemorrhoid and leakage; Zi: Eliminating dampness and cold, benefiting water and killing insects. Treating asthma and chronic dysentery; Leaf: regulating qi and relieving pain, benefiting water. Treat epigastric pain, edema, urinary tract obstruction and stranguria.

At present, the carrot planting area in Taiwan Province Province is 3460 hectares (according to 1985 Taiwan Province Agricultural Annual Report), and the producing areas are distributed in the central and southern parts. Rufangyuan Township in Changhua County in the middle mainly grows fresh goods, while Rujiangjun Township in Tainan County in the south mainly grows fresh goods and refrigeration. Carrots have good storability, and can be used as the best vegetable for regulating food supply in summer when vegetable sources are scarce. They are rich in carotene and are the main source of vitamin A for human body. Therefore, it has become one of the favorite root vegetables for mass consumption.