Burdock Root Supplement 90 Capsules

Ninety vegetable capsules of burdock root , Arctium lappa , known in Spanish as raíz de bardana . Each capsule holds 450 mg , and a three capsule serving gives 1,350 mg. Thirty servings per tube. Grown and harvested in Albania .

One herb, and nothing else

This is a single herb supplement. Burdock root and a vegetable cellulose capsule, no fillers, no binders, no flow agents, no rice powder making up the weight.

What burdock root is

Burdock is a tall biennial in the daisy family, related to sunflowers and thistles. The root is the part used, dug in the autumn of the first year or the spring of the second. In Japan it is an everyday vegetable called gobo , sliced into stir fries and braises. In Britain it was one half of the old fermented drink dandelion and burdock. It is those burrs, the hooked seed heads that stick to a dog's coat, that gave the world Velcro after a Swiss engineer looked at them under a microscope.

How long one tube lasts

The label directs 1 to 3 capsules daily, so a tube of 90 lasts between one month and three. At 3 a day it is 30 days. At 2 a day it is 45. At 1 a day it is 90. When you compare tubes across brands, take the capsule count and divide it by that brand's own serving size, because a count on its own tells you nothing.

How it is tested

Third party tested for identity, microbials and heavy metals. Identity testing matters more than it sounds for burdock specifically: the root looks similar to belladonna root once dried, and historical poisoning cases traced to burdock tea were later shown to be belladonna contamination, not burdock. Testing is how you know what is in the tube.