Let's Go Foraging: Burdock
Apr 15, 2024
What better way to source your health care products than from Nature itself?
BURDOCK is a nourishing liver and kidney food and helps promote digestion.
You can cut up the roots, and put them in soups and make a tea or decoction, same as dandelion. Just know that when you are digging the root, it is a long (long) tap root (as you can see in the picture). Be patient!
Burdock is also a great skin tonic. When I was 19, my sister and I used to place steamed burdock leaves on our faces and lie down on the couch to help heal our pimples. It worked!
If you are not able or want to forage, you can find these products in the produce department of a grocery store or coop. Organic is what you would want. You can also purchase teas that provide benefits from these herbs.
CLEANSE
Here are 3 of my top tips to help cleanse the body:
- Sip hot water throughout the day
- Liquid diet: soups, smoothies, juices
- Exercise
We want to stoke the digestive fire: “Angi” which is a key component for health, longevity and vitality.