Elecampane Root - Certified OG

Elecampane roots

Inula helenium

Certified Organic by MOFGA and grown regeneratively by one of the Meeting House Farm Collaborative Farms.  

Available fresh, dried (chipped), or as an extract.

Fresh roots are shipped immediately after harvest to preserve quality and freshness and should arrive next-day in most cases.

Chipped roots are dried immediately after harvest in an on-farm organic certified drying facility to maximize potency and preserve quality.

Extracts are a 1:2 ratio of Fresh Roots in Alcohol. Ingredients: Inula helenium*‡, Distilled Maine Alcohol*. Spring water. // *certified organic, ‡grown at Meeting House Farm.

We typically harvest Elecampane in Late Fall.

In the Apothecary:

Preparations: extract of fresh root; dried root in infusion.

Uses: Respiratory support, especially coughs. 

Energetics:  Drying, Pungent

Tastes: bitter, pungent, camphor

Herbal Action: Inulin rich, tonic, alterative, expectorant, astringent, antimicrobial, antitussive 

From our Experience:

We like elecampane best in extract form and we use it in our acute-immune-support extract for respiratory support.