Bulk Herbs: Chicory Root, Roasted, OrganicCichorium intybus Format: Roasted Cut Root granulesSize: 1 oz package Also known as: Cichorium intybus, Blue Sailors, Common Chicory, Wild Chicory, Succory, and Wild Succory. Farming Type: OrganicOrigin: India Chicory is a larger relative of the dandelion. Its large taproot has been used as a coffee substitute for generations, especially when coffee was unavailable. Chicory’s leaves are used in salads and spring tonics in the same way as dandelion greens. It has been cultivated along the Nile in Egypt for thousands of years. Charlemagne listed it as one of the herbs he required to be grown in his garden. It was introduced to North America from Europe in the 18th century and is now well established here. Chicory can also be eaten as a food and consumed as a beverage, making it the number one coffee substitute. It is high in vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant, and has the highest concentration of inulin of any other plant that contains inulin. Chicory contains a special class of carbohydrates known as fructans, which include inulin (not to be confused with insulin) and oligofructoses. NOTE: Avoid excessive consumption if you have gallstones. In magick, Chicory is bound to the sun and air. It has quite a few magical properties, including strength, divination, favors, frugality, invisibility, good luck, frigidity, opening of locks, removal of obstacles, and curse removal. Keywords: Strength, exorcism, hex-breaking For educational purposes only. The Food and Drug Administration has not evaluated this information. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease
