Description
Leaves and stems are eaten raw or cooked with a celery-like flavour.
Young stems can be blanched and used as celery. Seed are eaten raw or cooked and yas a strong yeasty flavour. The root is cooked and has a strong savoury flavour.
Lovage is used as a warming and tonic herb, especially suited to the digestive system and respiratory systems.
Use in cases of indigestion, poor appetite, wind, colic and bronchitis, infections of the urinary tract, kidney and bladder stones.