Name: Bitter chicory

Alias: Bitter chicory, bitter vegetable, dog's tooth lettuce

English name: Ruccola salad

Latin name: Lactucaversicolor (Fisch.) Sch. Bip.

Bitter chicory is a genus of Chicory in the family of Asteraceae, a cultivated species that feeds on the young leaves, a 2012 It is an herbaceous plant of the family Asteraceae. The scientific name is Cichorium endivia L. Each 100g of young leaves contains 95.1g of water, 1.2g of protein, 77mg of calcium and vitamins and other nutrients. Suitable for raw food, cooking or soup. Chicory leaves are lanceolate. Heads, about 20 small flowers, corolla lavender, pistil stigma bifurcate light blue, stamens 5, linked into a tube, anthers light blue. Seeds short columnar, gray-white, 1,000 grains weight 1.6 g. Seed germination power can be maintained for 10 years, the production of more than 1-3 years of preservation of the seed sowing.

Features

Bitter chrysanthemum is a kind of chrysanthemum, also known as bitter vegetable, dog's tooth lettuce, has antibacterial, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory and eye-opening effects. Bitter chrysanthemum

Slightly bitter in taste and turquoise in color, it can be sautéed or stir-fried or mixed with cold, and is a gourmet delicacy for clearing heat and removing fire. It is widely praised for its slightly bitter taste in sweetness and its effect of clearing heat and relieving heatstroke.

Bitter chicory is native to Europe, at present, all countries in the world have distribution, in China, in addition to the climate and soil conditions of extreme harsh alpine grasslands, meadows, deserts, Gobi and salt desert and other areas, almost all over China's provinces and regions; in foreign countries, the main distribution of North Korea, Japan, Mongolia, the Caucasus, Siberia, Central Asia and the Far East, and Southeast Asia

1.Bitter chicory contains protein, dietary fiber high, calcium, phosphorus and other nutrients. Bitter chrysanthemum contains protein, high dietary fiber, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, copper, iron, manganese and other trace elements, as well as vitamins B1, B2, C, carotene, niacin and so on. In addition, also contains wax alcohol, choline, tartaric acid, bittersweet and other chemicals.

2. Bitter cabbage contains vitamin C, carotene, respectively, spinach in the content of 2.1 and 2.3 times. Bitter cabbage young leaves in a complete range of amino acids, and the proportion between the various amino acids is appropriate. Consumption of bitter vegetables helps to promote the synthesis of antibodies in the body, enhance immunity, and promote brain function.