preparing Burdock tea

Once you slice (or grate) burdock it starts to oxidize (goes brown) within minutes, so before you slice the burdock prepare the boiled/boiling water and immerse the burdock as soon as it is sliced.

Burdock is a liver tonic (a hepatic) and thus used as a detox herb. It is also a lymphatic.
It also has anticancer qualities. (It is the first ingredient of a famous cancer formula called Essiac)

It is a root vegetable in Korea and Japan, and you can find it in the Korean supermarket at Bloor and Manning, where it is called Gobu

I've written more about burdock (click here)