Rhubarb Rhubarb, a traditional Chinese medicine that can be used as a dessert blindly.

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Today we will introduce a familiar but unfamiliar ingredient-rhubarb. Rhubarb, alias Chuanjun, is one of the "Four donkey kong of Traditional Chinese Medicine" (the other three medicines are Ginseng, Rehmannia and Radix Aconiti Lateralis). In traditional Chinese medicine, rhubarb refers to the root of rhubarb, which has been used as medicine for thousands of years. Its main function is to relieve constipation and purge fire. What is the relationship between rhubarb, a traditional Chinese medicine, and rhubarb, a western food ingredient?

Rhubarb was introduced to Europe in the Middle Ages, but it was not cultivated successfully. However, the variety of rhubarb took root in Russia and became a delicious food in Europe. Different from the root of rhubarb used in traditional Chinese medicine, the stem of rhubarb is mainly used for western food. Because the stem of rhubarb has a pie flavor, it will be used to make pies or bring pie flavor to other things, also called "pie plant". When making rhubarb pie, the stems of rhubarb will be diced, cooked with a small amount of water and sugar, softened and put into the pie, and put in the oven to become a delicious dessert!

Blindly Chinese medicine, after being introduced into Europe, has become a dessert, which shows the research and use of different ingredients by different cultures. It is these differences that make the world more colorful!

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