China is one of the earliest countries to eat bamboo shoots, with a history of more than 3,000 years. Bamboo shoots are mainly produced in the Yangtze River valley in China and all parts of the south, with rich nutritional value. Their unique crude fiber, rich trace elements, vitamins and amino acids, and pollution-free growth environment make them the best green food. At present, in Japan, Canada, Korea and other places, it has been recognized by many people as one of the vegetables that must be eaten every day. Bitter bamboo shoots, also known as sweet bamboo shoots and cool bamboo shoots, are wild in the mountains, and their bitter glycosides can stimulate the formation of macrophages and have the effect of preventing cancer and detoxifying; Bamboo shoots are rich in cellulose, which can promote intestinal peristalsis, thus shortening the residence time of cholesterol, fat and other substances in the body, so bitter bamboo shoots have the effects of losing weight and preventing constipation and colon cancer. Bitter bamboo shoots are crisp and tender in texture, white in color, slightly bitter in flavor and sweet and smooth in entrance; Take bamboo shoots unearthed in late spring as an example

It's good. Bitter bamboo shoots are not only delicious raw materials, but also can be used as medicine. Su Dongpo, a writer and poet in the Song Dynasty, praised the bitter bamboo shoots as "so sweet that I have lost ten times the rock honey". Lu You, another great poet in the Song Dynasty, also personally cooked bitter bamboo shoots. There is a poem that says, "Pearls and barley are cooked together, bitter bamboo shoots are covered with white jade ... The mountains are deep, salt cheese is rare, very light and full of flavor." Chinese medicine believes that bitter bamboo shoots are sweet, light, slightly bitter and cold, and have the functions of clearing away heat and diuresis, promoting blood circulation and expelling wind, and can treat diseases such as rheumatism, indigestion, cough and ulcer.

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica records that "bitter bamboo shoots taste bitter and sweet, and are mainly used for waking up, removing facial features, yellow and hot tongue coating, quenching thirst and improving eyesight, relieving alcoholism, clearing away heat, invigorating qi, diuresis, purging nitrogen, regulating wind and heat, treating beriberi, treating colds and sweating aphonia". It can be seen that bitter bamboo shoots are rare bamboo shoots for both medicine and food.