Balsamorhiza sagittata

Balsam root is (at least in the herb jar, as i have not seen it in its natural habitat) a light, dry, and easily broken up piece of root.   maybe that is because it grow mostly on dry hillsides, so it needs to be porous enough to soak up as much water as it can when the rain does come.  Michael Moore talk about balsamroot as being a mix between the best parts of echinacea and osha for immune support/flu fighting.  sounds good to me!  and i just loved it as a tea.  it was lighter than i had expected when i saw how cloudy thee tea was.  the cloudiness led me to believe it would be very pungent.  i have plenty of balsamroot here for the drinking…so i for one and going to using a lot more of it.  maybe we could make it the new “it” herb!

and now onto drinking some barberry…time is ticking toward 3pm when i clock out.  so you’ll have to wait until tomorrow for the goods on Berberis vulgaris.