牛蒡又名白肌人参、大力子、蝙蝠刺等,属菊科,二三年生草本植物,以其较长的肉质根供食用,是一种药膳两用,倍受欢迎的新兴保健蔬菜。牛蒡在我国从东北到西南均有野生分布。由中国传人日本后,已被驯化成蔬菜种植,在日本被当作常食蔬菜。牛蒡直根含有大量的菊糖和少量棕榈酸,纤维含量特高,约占14%。牛蒡中胡萝卜素含量比胡萝卜高287倍,维生素和矿物质含量丰富且均衡,综合营养价值远远高于普通蔬菜。由于牛蒡具有平衡血压、调节血糖血脂、补血补钙、滋阴壮阳、补肾益气和健脾胃的功效,因而是一种优良保健食品,不仅受中老年人青睐,而且也开始受青年人欢迎。用牛蒡 Burdock, also known as white muscle ginseng, vigorously child, bat spines, are Compositae, two or three years of herbaceous plants, with its longer fleshy roots for food, is a dual-use diet, popular new health care vegetables. Burdock in our country from northeast to southwest have wild distribution. After being handed over to Japan by China, it has been domestically grown into vegetables and used as a staple vegetable in Japan. Burdock root contains a lot of inulin and a small amount of palmitic acid, fiber content is extremely high, accounting for about 14%. Burdock carotene content 287 times higher than carrots, vitamins and minerals rich and balanced, the comprehensive nutritional value is much higher than ordinary vegetables. Because burdock has a balance of blood pressure, blood sugar and blood lipid regulation, blood and calcium, nourishing yin and yang, kidney Qi and spleen and stomach effect, which is a good health food, not only favored by the elderly, but also began to be welcomed by young people. With burdock