Pure LDM Extract

The Pure LDM Extract Story On the eastern slopes of the Sierra-Nevada Mountains grows a very important plant in the Parsley Family.  The western Indians have long used this plant to prevent and treat ailments. The plant is botanically called Lomatium Dissectum var. Multifida, so named because of its long, slender hollow stem and its oil producing linear glands in the ripening seeds.  The Indians called the medicinal root of this plant “the Dortza”, meaning - “heap powerful medicine.” Particularly, the Washoe Indians collected the root in September and October when the richest supply of oils were concentrated in the large underground root.  At least five or six gums, oils and oleoresins are present in the very aromatic root.  After collecting the root, they sliced it longitudinally, exposing the volatile oils to the oxidizing (polymerization) effects of the air, which converts the oils to a stabilized resin.  The cured root would then be hung to dry from the ceiling of their hogan until