Burdock is also known as white muscle ginseng and eastern ginseng. It is a plant of the Asteraceae family, and its fruit is the Chinese medicine burdock seed, and its root is a dual-use item for medicine and food. Burdock root has the ability to dispel wind-heat, reduce swelling and detoxification, and replenish marrow and increase essence. It is mainly used to treat weakness, weakness of limbs, swollen throat and cough. There are many records of burdock root in this herb. In the Compendium of Materia Medica, it is written that it "opens the twelve meridians and removes the bad energy of the five organs", "lightens the body and resists old age" and "quenches thirst". The juice of burdock root is obtained by pounding and twisting, and one small jug is taken to cure the residual heat of Qi that does not subside, irritability and thirst, weakness of limbs and inability to eat (Sheng Hui Fang). Take one liter of burdock root pounded juice, divided into three doses after eating, to treat heat attacking the heart, irritability and trance (Food Doctor's Heartland). Decoct the root of burdock into paste and spread it on paper and put it on the swollen area, still mixed with hot wine. Take one liter of rat sticky root (cut), boil it in five liters of water and take three liters, divided into three or four doses, to treat heat swelling in the throat; avoid garlic and noodles (Yannian Secret Record). Burdock root is pounded and swallowed carefully to treat swelling in the throat of children (Puji Fang). The main production area of burdock root is in Xuzhou, Jiangsu and Linyi, Shandong. Burdock root can be made into vegetable, or fried, or cold mixed, or cut into eggs; the main varieties of deep processing are burdock tea, burdock sauce, burdock puff, noodles and wine and other products. In Japan, burdock root is a very common ingredient, and there are many dishes that include burdock root.
Inulin accounts for more than 30% of the dry weight of burdock root, and some scholars reported that four inulin components were isolated from it, and the chemical structure of which was resolved after a series of tests, including the composition of monosaccharides, molecular weight, and the way of sugar linkage. Another important group of components are polyphenolic components, including caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid, isochlorogenic acid, caffeoyl quinic acid derivatives, etc. A total of 19 caffeic acids and their derivatives were identified by HPLC-DAD-Q-TOF-MS online technique for simultaneous screening of free radical scavenging activity and structure determination. Pentacyclic triterpenes such as oleanolic acid and ursolic acid are also important functional components in burdock root. The cover article of an issue of the American Chemical Society's journal Agri-Food Chemistry, which introduces pentacyclic triterpene components in agricultural products, uses images of burdock root, presented together with familiar medicinal and food items such as ginseng. Shaanxi Huike Botanical Development Co., Ltd. a integrated enterprise which is focus on natural products, plant extract related products and services.We mainly focus on pharmaceutical, functional food, Freeze-dried powder,Natural Pigment,Homology of medicine and food,beverages and other business services. For more information about inulin, please contact us!
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