Inula helenium or Elecampane root,Barutophor inulin fructosan and the application guide Scabwort.

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Elecampane:Description of Root.

Elecampane Root Extract INCI Name Inula Helenium Extract CAS 84012-20-4 EINECS ELINCS No 281-666-1 photo picture image Collection: The rhizomes should be collected from plants which are at least two years old in September or October, after the stem has died back. If the flowers are cut off in the summer, the rhizomes will be allowed to develop.

 Elecampane has a large, long, branching root, pale yellow on the outside and whitish and fleshy within. When dry the outside turns a grayish brown or dark brown, and is generally finely wrinkled lengthwise. As found in commerce, elecampane is usually in transverse or lengthwise slices, light Yellow or grayish and fleshy internally, dotted with numerous shining resin cells, and with overlapping brown or wrinkled bark.

 These slices become flexible in damp weather and tough but when they are dry they break with a short fracture. The root has at first a strongly aromatic odor, which has been described by some as resembling a violet odor, but this diminished in drying. The taste is aromatic, bitterish and pungent.

 Traditionally, herbalists have used Elecampane to treat coughs, particularly those associated with bronchitis, asthma, and whooping cough. Elecampane has also been used historically to treat poor digestion and general complaints of the intestinal tract.

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last edit date:18th,June.2009.