Burdock is one of the most famous and popular plants used in folk medicine. Healing properties of burdock are known in different countries since ancient times. Not without reason, the people have long said: "burdock - for a hundred ailments. For therapeutic purposes are used its roots, leaves, stems. Knowing the benefits of this plant, the Japanese, for example, grow burdock specifically and use the spring shoots and juicy leaf petioles, adding them to the salad and other dishes.