Bitter herbs contain taraxerol, choline and other components, has a strong bactericidal effect on jaundiced hepatitis, pharyngitis, bacterial dysentery, colds and fever and chronic bronchitis, tonsillitis, etc. have a certain degree of efficacy. Bitter cabbage decoction of acute lymphoblastic leukemia acute and chronic granulocytic leukemia patients with blood cell deoxygenase has a significant inhibitory effect, but also for the prevention of cervical cancer, rectal cancer, anal cancer.

According to <Materia Medica: Bitter cabbage, also known as bitter chicory, bitter linseed, endive, etc., is a perennial herb, belongs to the family of Asteraceae. From the appearance, the bitter vegetable stems erect, the leaves are lanceolate or rounded, usually pinnately parted. The margins have irregular pointed teeth. Heads terminal, corolla yellow. Folk consumption of bitter vegetable has more than two thousand years of history, also commonly used as herbal medicine. The nutritional value of bitter vegetable is relatively high. It has been determined that each hundred grams of fresh vegetables contain 1.8 grams of protein, 4.0 grams of sugar, 5.8 grams of dietary fiber, 120 milligrams of calcium, 52 milligrams of phosphorus and zinc, copper, iron, manganese and other trace elements, as well as vitamins B1, B2, C, carotene, niacin and so on.