🪶Indigenous / Native American
Burdock
Arctium lappa
About Burdock
Burdock (Arctium lappa) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Skin Health, Liver Support, Acne, and Detox. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Arctium minus, commonly known as lesser burdock, burweed, louse-bur, common burdock, button-bur, cuckoo-button, or wild rhubarb, is a biennial plant. This plant is native to Europe, but has become an invasive weed in Australia, North and South America, and other places.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both