Goldenseal Root

A small perennial, with a thick knotty, bright yellow root-stock that sends up a hairy stem, 1 foot high. Two palmately, 5-lobed, serrate leaves grow near the top with one solitary radical leaf on a long foot stalk about 9 inches across. The stem is topped by a small, solitary, flower with greenish-white sepals that fall away when the flower opens. The fruit resembles a raspberry, and consists of fused, 2- seeded drupes. It grows in the shady woods of eastern U.S. and is scarce today. Now cultivated for its medicinal purposes throughout the U.S. It is traditionally used as an antiseptic, astringent, diuretic, laxative & tonic. UPC: 084783006091. Origin(s): United States. Latin Name(s): Hydrastis canadensis. Also known as: Indian Plant, Yellow Paint Root, Jandice Root, Goldenroot, Yellow Eye, yellow puccoon, yellow root. Plant Part(s) Used: Root. Herbs exhibit natural variations in their size, color, smell, and taste, with each batch and harvest showing differences influenced by env