The water content of fresh bamboo shoots is high, the water content of bamboo shoots is 90% and that of winter bamboo shoots is 85%. They are fresh and tender foods, which are not resistant to storage and long-distance transportation. As a kind of vegetable, it has always been deeply loved by people, and it tastes fragrant and delicious, and is regarded as a treasure in dishes. Bamboo shoots cannot be eaten raw. It's bitter and unpalatable when cooked alone, but fried bamboo shoots with meat are especially delicious. Bamboo shoots can be used for soup or cooking, and can make many delicious dishes. Such as bamboo shoots and crucian carp soup, bamboo shoots and pork, and bamboo shoots and rice porridge. Now bamboo shoots are made into dried bamboo shoots, magnolia slices and cans.

Every100g of fresh bamboo shoots contains 9.79g of dry matter, 3.28g of protein, 4.47g of carbohydrate, 0.9g of cellulose, 0. 1 3g of fat, 22mg of calcium, 56mg of phosphorus and 0.1mg of iron, and the contents of vitamins and carotene are more than twice that of Chinese cabbage. Moreover, the protein of bamboo shoots is superior, including lysine, tryptophan, threonine and phenylalanine, glutamic acid which plays an important role in protein metabolism, and cystine which can maintain the protein configuration. It is an excellent healthy vegetable.

Chinese medicine believes that bamboo shoots are sweet, slightly cold and non-toxic. Medically, it has the effects of clearing heat and resolving phlegm, invigorating qi and regulating stomach, curing thirst, benefiting waterways, benefiting diaphragm and clearing stomach. Especially in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, moth-eaten bamboo shoots are an effective diuretic, suitable for edema, ascites, beriberi, acute nephritis edema, asthma, diabetes, quenching thirst and reducing fever, tender bamboo leaves, bamboo shavings and bamboo juice. Bamboo shoots are also low in fat, sugar and fiber. Eating bamboo shoots can not only promote intestinal peristalsis, help digestion, help digestion, prevent constipation, but also prevent colorectal cancer. Bamboo shoots contain less fat and starch, which is a natural low-fat and low-calorie food and a good product for obese people to lose weight. Health experts believe that people in bamboo forests live longer and seldom suffer from high blood pressure, which is related to eating bamboo shoots frequently.