Description
The stem is eaten raw or cooked and has an acid flavour that pairs well with sweeter fruit such as strawberries.
With a long history of herbal use it balancing to the digestive system.
The root can be used in the treatment of chronic constipation, diarrhoea, liver and gall bladder complaints, haemorrhoids, menstrual problems and skin eruptions due to an accumulation of toxins (roots used of plants that are at least six years old)
Leaves are sometimes used to make a home-made insecticide.
