Burdock root can be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, which mainly has the effect of dispersing wind-heat, disinfecting swelling, generally can be decocted and taken internally, but also can be pounded juice, powder, soaked in wine. Burdock root is the dried root of burdock, family Asteraceae, its taste is bitter, slightly sweet, cool; to the lung, heart meridian, has the effect of dispersing wind-heat, disinfecting swelling, can be used for wind-heat colds, headache, cough, gums, sore throat, rheumatism paralysis, carbuncle (a kind of poisonous sores, occurring in the body surface, limbs, viscera of the acute suppurative disease), sores, scabies and hemorrhoids, prolapse of the anus and other diseases of the treatment. Burdock root in addition to the use of the above internal method of use, can also be appropriate amount of pounding, etc., the specific use of recommendations in the physician under the guidance of the evidence, do not recommend blindly self-medication, so as not to cause bodily injury.