Alkanet Root - Cut Root or Powdered Root- Alkanna tinctoria

Also known as Hoary puccoon, Lithospermum canescens & Dyer's bugloss Alkanet Root, also known as Alkanna tinctoria, Hoary puccoon, Lithospermum canescens & Dyer's bugloss is mostly cultivated in Central and Southern Europe for its dye, which is readily extracted by oils and spirit of wine. It is used in the pharmaceutical industry to give a red colour to salves and in staining wood in imitation of rosewood, or mahogany. This is done by rubbing it with oil in which the Alkanet root has been…

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