Planting: Well drained rich moist soil in sun or partial shade, fully hardy deciduous suckering shrub, 8’-22’.
Harvest: Roots are lifted in autumn and dried whole or decorticated. Both roots and root bark are used in decoctions, powders, tablets, teas, and tinctures.
Culinary: Young leaves are cooked as a pot-herb or dried for making tea.
Medicinal: An adaptogen, belonging to the same family as true ginsengs, but differs in the form of its saponin glycosides, which are eleutherosides, rather than ginsenosides. A pungenta, bitter sweet warming herb that stimulates the immune and circulatory systems, regulates blood pressure, lowers blood sugar, and reduces inflammation. It is adaptogenic, having a tonic effect on all organs. Do not use with caffeine.
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Seeded: 2008, in B1
Links: Wiki
Sources:
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)
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