“ U-eong Cha” Burdock Roots Tea/牛蒡茶/우엉차

“ U-eong Cha” Burdock Roots Tea/牛蒡茶/우엉차 Beverage

In Korea, we can either buy the fresh burdock roots or braised burdock roots at the supermarkets. The braised burdock roots that are available at the supermarkets are normally in long and thin form, which are normally used for making "kimbab".

Today, I am going to introduce the "u-eong tea/우엉차/牛蒡茶“( Burdock roots tea). I bought the fresh burdock roots, use my dehydrator ( if you don't have the dehydrator, we may dry it under the sun  ) to dehydrate the burdock roots, fry it  without cooking oil and use it to boil as tea....


韩国的超市，可以买到新鲜或者已炖好的牛蒡。后者，通常是已包装好的，呈长且细状，通常是用来做紫菜饭的用料。

今天，我是向大家介绍“ u-eong tea/우엉차/牛蒡茶。我从市场买了新鲜的牛蒡， 用风干机（ 若您没有风干机，则可以将它嗮乾）这将牛蒡风干，再乾炒一回，然后用来泡茶。。。


The taproot of young burdock plants can be harvested and eaten as a root vegetable. While generally out of favour in modern European cuisine, it remains popular in Asia. In Japan, Arctium lappa is called "gobō" (牛蒡 or ごぼう); in Korea burdock root is called "u-eong" (우엉) and sold as "tong u-eong" (통우엉), or "whole burdock". Plants are cultivated for their slender roots, which can grow about 1 metre long and 2 cm across. Burdock root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavour with a little muddy harshness that can be reduced by soaking juliennedor shredded roots in water for five to ten minutes.

Dried burdock roots (Bardanae radix) are used in folk medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and a blood purifying agent. Anecdotal reports from the 19th century suggest that this medicinal plant has also been used by the Ojibwa tribe, and today, in form of an ingredient in Essiac tea for the alternative treatment of some cancers. As an oily macerate, it is a component of some cosmetics, shampoos and hair care products.

牛蒡（学名：Arctium lappa）是菊科牛蒡属的植物，又名东洋参、东洋牛鞭菜、白肌人参、吳某、吳帽、夜叉頭、牛菜、鼠粘、蒡翁菜、便牽牛、蝙蝠刺、牛旁、便南牛，果实别名恶实、大力子

習慣使用牛蒡細長的根部切塊與排骨燉煮成「牛蒡排骨湯」，油炒牛蒡絲或是切片後泡茶，或切絲為涼拌菜，據信有減肥和養生等效用。在歐洲中古世紀，牛蒡被當成蔬菜食用，現已不再普遍。東歐和北歐等國還習慣使用其花部做成洗髮精、潤髮精或點心，亦加在茶中入味。

牛蒡的成熟果實（牛蒡子）是常用的中药。牛蒡子性味辛苦寒，可疏散风热、透疹、消肿利咽，用于银翘散、牛蒡汤、透疹汤、瓜蒌牛蒡汤、普济消毒饮等^[。 可做為抗氧化劑。可藉由幫助控制細胞出現突變，進而抵抗癌症。協助過多的液體、尿酸及毒素排出體外。具有抗細菌及抗黴菌的特性。純化血液、恢復肝臟及膽囊的功能、刺激消化及免疫系統作用。幫助癤以及面皰這類的皮膚問題，可減輕痛風以及更年期的症狀。牛蒡根可以用來滋潤頭髮，以促進頭皮及頭髮的健康。

（source: wikipedia)

                                 Use the  dehydrator to dehydrate the burdock roots..
                                 用风干机将牛蒡风干。。。

After the burdock roots are dehydrated, fry it with medium heat without using the cooking oil...
将牛蒡风干后，以中火将它抄一抄，无需加油。。。