Burdock Root, Powder (Arctium lappa) - Dried Herb, Organic vulgaris North and South America

North and South America

lungs and endocrine system

Motherwort has an affinity to the nervous system

It is naturalized in the USA

Burdock Root, Powder (Arctium lappa) - Dried Herb, Organic vulgaris North and South AmericaBurdock, also known as Beggars Buttons, Thorny Burr, Happy Major, Niu Bang Zi, Go Bo and Gobo, was believed to be sacred to the "heavenly bear", Thor, by the early Celts and Germanic peoples. Part of its Latin name, Arctium, is Greek for bear. Burdock is considered energetically cold and having a slippery consistency that soothes mucus membranes. An important botanical in Western folk herbalism and traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years,