Burdock Root

Profile: Burdock root has the same benefits and properties as conventional burdock root, but is produced without the use of chemical agents and is minimally processed. Details: Pacific Northwest burdock root. Arctium lappa is used in western and eastern herbalism. This adaptable root is used in Eastern cuisine as a food plant.Burdock has been used for thousands of years in Western and Chinese folk medicine for its cleaning and skin smoothing effects. The whole plant is edible and popular in Japan and Asia. Burdock is used in hair tonics and mature skin cosmetics.Biennial Asteraceace family member with bright pink-red to purple thistle-like blooms on long stalks and rectangular to cordate, large hairy leaves. Native to Europe and Asia, naturalized in North America and Australia. This plant can reach 9 feet tall, and its "carrot-like" taproot can grow 3 feet deep (making them difficult to harvest). In the northern U.S. and Europe, it's a naturalized weed.The generic name arctium comes fr