Yellow Root and Goldenseal now comes in a blue box containing brown pills.
This is not the way nature intended this amazing herb to be consumed.
This deciduous herb grows on creek banks mostly in the southern United States.
It can be found west of the Mississippi, but is most common from Northern Florida to Southern Maine.
Although called by two different names, it is actually the same plant.
The leaves look similar to parsley, sprouting from, light tan, woody, twig like, stalks.
Peel the bark back and the inner flesh is a brilliant yellow in color.
Pull the plant up and the root is a pale yellow on the outside.
When scraped lightly, the golden color is even more radiant than the stalk flesh.
Yellow Root and Goldenseal is a herb not a manufactured pill.
It's most natural forms are the stems and roots themselves.
Some people even use the leaves, but since I have not personally used them, I will only deal with the other two natural forms.
The stems of the herb are very potent.
Even the smallest part of the stem has medicinal purposes but it is my opinion that the main trunk is the best.
Admittedly I base this on the darker color of the flesh in the trunk.
Their long time residence of my North Ga.
mountain area use this part of the plant to use as The Goldenseal chews that relieve sore throat and mouth sores.
All you nee to do is dry the Yellow Root stems and cut them into six inch pieces.
Pull one out and chew it letting the juices coat your mouth and throat.
Discard the woody sticks when you no longer get any juice from it.
These dried stems can also be used to make Yellow Root tea.
The roots is even more potent.
After the root is pulled, washed, and dried, it can then be used as is, powdered, made into tea, ointments, and salves.
Ground Goldenseal has been in certain foot powders for years.
Mix the powder with petroleum jelly and it is instant relief for chapped lips and sun and wind burned skin.
Mix two teaspoons of Yellow Root with an eight ounce glass of warm salt water and you have a sinus moisturizer that is unparalleled.
I have had reports that this same mixture works for an ear wash as well as a mouthwash.
One quarter ounce whole, dried, root, boiled in sixteen ounces of water, makes two servings of Yellow Root tea.
This bitter concoction has soothed my own stomach aches since I was a child.
Some things taste good.
Some things have a taste that must be acquired.
The tea from this herb is not covered by either one of these categories.
Sugar or an artificial sweetener does make the taste bearable but it still is not something I would crave for a beverage.
The relief I get is worth the small sacrifice.
No matter if you call it Yellow Root or Goldenseal, it is a miracle herb, and the only color it comes in is yellow.
This is not the way nature intended this amazing herb to be consumed.
This deciduous herb grows on creek banks mostly in the southern United States.
It can be found west of the Mississippi, but is most common from Northern Florida to Southern Maine.
Although called by two different names, it is actually the same plant.
The leaves look similar to parsley, sprouting from, light tan, woody, twig like, stalks.
Peel the bark back and the inner flesh is a brilliant yellow in color.
Pull the plant up and the root is a pale yellow on the outside.
When scraped lightly, the golden color is even more radiant than the stalk flesh.
Yellow Root and Goldenseal is a herb not a manufactured pill.
It's most natural forms are the stems and roots themselves.
Some people even use the leaves, but since I have not personally used them, I will only deal with the other two natural forms.
The stems of the herb are very potent.
Even the smallest part of the stem has medicinal purposes but it is my opinion that the main trunk is the best.
Admittedly I base this on the darker color of the flesh in the trunk.
Their long time residence of my North Ga.
mountain area use this part of the plant to use as The Goldenseal chews that relieve sore throat and mouth sores.
All you nee to do is dry the Yellow Root stems and cut them into six inch pieces.
Pull one out and chew it letting the juices coat your mouth and throat.
Discard the woody sticks when you no longer get any juice from it.
These dried stems can also be used to make Yellow Root tea.
The roots is even more potent.
After the root is pulled, washed, and dried, it can then be used as is, powdered, made into tea, ointments, and salves.
Ground Goldenseal has been in certain foot powders for years.
Mix the powder with petroleum jelly and it is instant relief for chapped lips and sun and wind burned skin.
Mix two teaspoons of Yellow Root with an eight ounce glass of warm salt water and you have a sinus moisturizer that is unparalleled.
I have had reports that this same mixture works for an ear wash as well as a mouthwash.
One quarter ounce whole, dried, root, boiled in sixteen ounces of water, makes two servings of Yellow Root tea.
This bitter concoction has soothed my own stomach aches since I was a child.
Some things taste good.
Some things have a taste that must be acquired.
The tea from this herb is not covered by either one of these categories.
Sugar or an artificial sweetener does make the taste bearable but it still is not something I would crave for a beverage.
The relief I get is worth the small sacrifice.
No matter if you call it Yellow Root or Goldenseal, it is a miracle herb, and the only color it comes in is yellow.
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