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Elecampane Root

Elecampane is a perennial plant that is cultivated and also grows wild along roadsides and in fields and waste places eastward from Minnesota and Missouri and northward North Carolina. The fibrous, top-shaped rootstock is brown outside and white inside. The stout, round stem is coarse and woolly, 3 to 6 feet high, and bears large, alternate, ovate, serrate, olive-colored leaves with white veins. The large, yellow flower heads are solitary or grow inpaniculate clusters from July to September. The fruit is a brown, quadrangular achene.

	2 oz	4 oz	8 oz	1 lb
Elecampane Root c/s	$2.50	$3.43	$6.13	$10.29
Elecampane Root Powder	$2.50	$3.85	$6.88	$11.55

Properties/Uses - Anthelmintic, cholagogue, diuretic, expectorant, stimulant, tonic. Elecampane tea is much used to quiet coughing, to stimulate digestion and to tone the stomach; for bronchitis, urinary and respiratory tract inflammation, and menstrual problems. Elecampane oil is used for respiratory and intestinal catarrah, chronic diarrhea, chronic bronchitis, and whooping cough. The decoction or tincture is used for worms, and externally as a wash or fomentation for skin problems such as scabies and itches.

Botanical Name - Inula helenium

Part Used - Root

Common Names/Synonyms - Elfdock, Elfwort, Horse-elder, Horseheal, Scabwort.

Cautions - Do not use during pregnancy. Sensitivity to Asteracea. No side effects or contraindications with normal use.

Elecampane Root in larger sizes


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