Burdock Root

 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. It is one of the best alterative & depurative agents in nature but does not nauseate. Burdock root traditionally influences the skin, soothes the kidneys and relieves the lymphatic, excellent with skin issues. 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. UPC: 084783001355. Origin(s): China, Croatia, Egypt, Poland, United States. Latin Name(s): Arctium lappa. Also known as: Lappa, edible burdock, great burdock, gobo, goboshi. Plant Part(s)