The difference between burdock and burdock

I all know that burdock is a traditional Chinese medicinal ingredient, but few people know that each part of burdock has its own different medicinal value and efficacy. For example, burdock seeds and burdock, burdock mostly refers to the root or stem of burdock while burdock seeds are the fruits of burdock, so their effects are also different. So do you know the difference between their efficacy and medicinal value? Now let me explain it to you in detail!

1. Burdock Root

Burdock root has the effect of dispelling wind and heat and reducing swelling and toxins. Chicken has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing qi, nourishing the marrow and adding essence. The two together make up this dish. Eating it can provide the human body with rich protein, fat, carbohydrates and other nutrients, and has the effects of warming the middle and replenishing qi, dispelling wind and reducing swelling. It is suitable for symptoms such as physical weakness, fatigue in the limbs, thirst, edema, sore throat, and cough.

2. Burdock seeds

Burdock seeds can dispel wind-heat, clear the lungs and relieve rashes, and detoxify and relieve sore throats. It is used for wind-heat cold, cough with excessive sputum, measles, rubella, sore throat, mumps, erysipelas, carbuncles and sores. Dosage: 6-12g.

3. The difference between burdock root and burdock seed

Burdock seeds are the fruit of burdock, and their effects are different from those of burdock roots.

The root of burdock can be used as both medicine and food, but it is mostly eaten as a vegetable. Even as medicine, it is also used for diet therapy. The fiber in burdock root can promote colon motility, help defecation, lower cholesterol in the body, reduce the accumulation of toxins and waste in the body, and achieve the effect of preventing stroke and preventing and treating stomach cancer and uterine cancer. Western medicine believes that in addition to its pharmacological effects such as diuresis, elimination of accumulation, expectoration and antidiarrhea, it is also used as a dietotherapy for constipation, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. The burdock in the Five Elements Soup refers to the burdock root. Wuxing Decoction can be used to treat cancer.

Remove impurities from the burdock leaves, wash them, blanch them in boiling water, remove them, wash them, squeeze out the water and cut them into pieces. Heat the oil in a pan, add the chopped green onion and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the burdock leaves and salt and stir-fry until the flavors are absorbed, add a little MSG, sprinkle with the chopped green onion and serve. Eating this dish can treat headaches, fever, acute mastitis and other diseases. If consumed by healthy people, it can moisturize the skin, make the body lighter and prolong life.

Burdock seed is a pungent and cool antipyretic medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, promoting lung function and relieving rash, dispersing wind-heat and relieving sore throat. The effects of burdock root are the same as those of burdock seeds, but its anti-tumor, analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects are stronger.

Burdock seeds are often used in traditional Chinese medicine. In loose circumstances, burdock and burdock seeds can refer to each other, but they both refer to burdock seeds.