Articles tagged with: root
Beetroot

Ingredient Name: Beetroot, red beet, garden beet, or beet
Traditional Chinese Name: 紅菜頭 (hóng cài tóu)
What is this?
A dark, red root that …
Gobo Root or Greater Burdock

Ingredient Name: Gobo root, Gobo, Greater burdock, Edible burdock
Traditional Chinese Name: 牛蒡 (niúbàng)
What is this?
The root of a of …
Figwort Root

Ingredient Name: Figwort Root, Radix Scrophulariae (Chinese scientific name)
Traditional Chinese Name: 玄參 (xuán shēn)
What is this?
The dried root of a …
Rhizoma Imperatae

Ingredient Name: Rhizoma Imperatae, Mao Gen or Cogon Grass
Traditional Chinese Name: 茅根 (mao gen)
What is this?
A rhizoma (or underground stem) that …
Sweet potatoes

Ingredient Name: Sweet potatoes
Traditional Chinese Name: 蕃薯 (gān shǔ)
What is this?
Sweet, starchy tuber that resembles the potato in shape and size
The …
Codonopsis Pilosula Root

Ingredient Name: Codonopsis Pilosula Root, Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae
Chinese Name: 党參 or 黨參 (dǎngshēn)
What is this?
Typically, only the root of the …
Arrowroot

Ingredient Name: Arrowroot or Obedience Plant
Traditional Chinese Name: 粉葛 (fěn gé)
What is this?
Arrowroot is the edible starch from the rhizomes …
Lotus Root

Ingredient Name: Lotus Root or Lotus Rhizomes (Fresh)
Traditional Chinese Name: 蓮藕 (liánǒu)
What is this?
The root of the lotus flower that grows …