Łódź, Botanical Garden

It is native to Europe and western Asia. Edible plant - roots cooked; young leaves cooked as a flavouring in soups; young leaves, flowers and roots are brewed into a tea. Herbal plant - leaves and flowering stems are alterative, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, aromatic, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, stomachic and tonic; the plant is a valuable medicine in the treatment of diarrhoea, indeed it is considered almost specific in the treatment of children's diarrhoea. It was one of the three most sacred herbs of the Druids.