Rogów, Arboretum SGGW

Native to temperate Northern Hemisphere. Ornamental plant. Edible plant - roots cooked; the intensely bitter leaves are used as a substitute for hops in making beer. Herbal plant - the plant is anti-inflammatory, astringent, carminative, cathartic, deobstruent, digestive, diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, hypnotic, stomachic, tonic, all parts of the plant are medically active, but the leaves are the part most commonly used; an infusion is given in the treatment of muscular weakness in M.E., chronic infections with debility and exhaustion, indigestion, anorexia and rheumatism.