Braised Burdock
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BENEFITS OF BURDOCK This is a nice side dish with a good balance of salty and sweet. It goes well with steamed rice and other vegetable side dishes. This is a perfect opportunity to try an exotic and healthy root vegetable rarely seen on a North American table. Burdock root is also known as a blood clarifying agent in ancient Taiwan medicine. Burdock root comes from burdock, a genus of weeds that are related to sunflowers and part of the daisy family. It is available as a tea in various tinctures, with manufacturers promising a wide range of benefits. Burdock root has been a part of traditional medicine, particularly traditional Chinese medicine, for centuries. Researchers are now beginning to design clinical studies to assess its benefits.
