Burdock Root Cut Organic 8 oz., Best Botanicals

Description

Burdock Root is one of the best alterative and depurative (blood-purifying) agents in nature but does not nauseate. Burdock root traditionally influences the skin, soothes the kidneys and relieves congestions of the lymphatic, excellent blood cleanser which helps in skin diseases, burns, wounds, swellings, hemorrhoids, and canker sores, increases the flow of urine and it is a useful agent for removing excess and fatty (adipose) tissue, possesses wholesome nutritive value in the stalk when cut before the flower opens, is stripped of the bitter rind, boiled or used in salads (eat raw with oil and apple-cider vinegar); it has a delicate flavor of asparagus.

A large, biennial plant growing from a thick tap root. The leaves are on long stalks, many veined and wavy-edged, resembling rhubarb. Stout stalks, the second year, grow 4-6 feet tall. The flowers are small, magenta pink and white, solitary or clustered, followed by spherical burrs. Found along fences, roadsides, waste places walls and populated areas throughout the U.S.

Brand: Best Botanicals
Burdock Root Cut Organic 8 oz.