Burdock, also known as cow cabbage, 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 and seed. 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 surface of the leaves are gray-green and externally tomentose, capitate flowers, reddish-purple tubular, the flowers are clustered at the top of the stems, achenes, long ovate may be obovate, grayish-brown, 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 effect, the seeds are the main treatment of external cough, pneumonia, sore throat, sores and swollen toxins and other diseases.

Hawthorn Burdock Slimming Soup

Ingredients

Hawthorn 5 money, burdock 1 catty, yam 6 taels, 1 carrot, salt 2 tsp.

How to do:

1. Peel and wash burdock (Picture 1), cut into hobnail pieces, and immerse in thinly salted water (Picture 2); peel carrots and cut into hobnail pieces; cut yam into chunks.

2, hawthorn with water quickly rinsed, and burdock, carrots, yam together into the pot, add 5 bowls of water to boil, turn the heat to cook until the burdock is cooked soft, add salt to taste can be.