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(Also known as Elecampane)

Latin Name: Inula helenium
Family: Compositae
Height: 30-50cm

Used in human herbal medicine in cough preparations and by the Romans as a digestive sweetmeat. Valuable as a food for its inulin content. Inulin is a fructo-oligo-saccharide (fos) which acts as a prebiotic.

Inula Root (Elecampane Root) is a good source of calcium with a high Ca:P ratio.

Constituents: Inulin, volatile oil, saponins, sterol.

Actions: Digestive, expectorant, induces sweating, antiseptic.

Elecampane Root (Inula Root) (International)
Elecampane Root (Inula Root) (US/Canada)
Elecampane Root (Inula Root) Powder (International)
Elecampane Root (Inula Root) Extract (US)
From Kalyx US

Elecampane Root (Inula Root) is included in Galen's Garden's Fruits of the Forest mix for chinchillas