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Marshmallow Root: The Gentle Giant of Soothing Herbs

Althaea officinalis is the plant from which marshmallow confectionery was originally made: the spongy white sweet derived its name and originally its substance from the root of this tall, soft-leaved plant, whose mucilaginous root was boiled with sugar to produce the...

Burdock: The Overlooked Root That the Herbalist Loves

Arctium lappa is the plant most people recognize by its round, hooked seed heads (burs) that attached enthusiastically to clothes and animal fur throughout the autumn walks of childhood. The plant that produces those burs is less well known: a tall, large-leaved...

Herbal Bitters: The Lost Art of the Digestive Tonic

Bitters have a history that runs through virtually every culture that has developed a sophisticated relationship with plants and with the digestive system. The ancient Greeks valued bitter plants for stimulating digestion. Ayurveda recognizes bitter as one of the six...

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