Burdock Root Powder

Profile: Pacific Northwest roots are used to make our burdock root powder. Both western and eastern herbalism use Arctium lappa. Burdock powder is commonly encapsulated or tinctured.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.Details: 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 from the Greek word for bear, arktos, and the species name, lappa, means "to seize." The rough, hairy fruit (bur) resembles a huge, furry b