25.  The B List : Herbs and Spices that Heal - BURNET

Sanguisorba minor

Salad Burnet      

Small Burnet

Garden Burnet
Greater Burnet
 
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Join the House of Full Flavor as we take on the Gulzaar Foods Burnet delicacies... an ancient herb with modern lifestyle uses!



Appearance and Description

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  • A rose family perennial that reaches up to 90cm in height
  • A primary dark brown root has short rhizomes that give rise to flower stalks
  • The leaves are rounded, heart-shaped with toothed edges and bluish green in color
  • Blooming from June to July, flowers are dark reddish and small
  • The small fruit has one nut
  • Burnet grows in meadows, ditches and damp alkaline soil areas
  • Great burnet is officially known as Sanguisorba Officinalis and then there is salad burnet, Sanguisorba minor
  • The flowers do not have petals

 BURNET Uses

  • The Greater burnet is used in medicinal treatments
  • The roots and rhizomes and aerial parts have been used in herbal medicines
  • Salad burnet is used as a coolant and astringent. The young tender leaves are used in salads, dressings, sauces, and soups with basil, oregano, and dill

 BURNET Flavor

  • The older leaves are bitter, younger ones have a cucumber taste. They are used to flavor drinks
  • The root is sour and bitter in taste

BURNET Health Benefits

  • Salad burnet has exact medicinal qualities to the greater burnet and was used to relieve diarrhea
  • Used in Chinese and Western medicine for anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties
  • Relieves intense menstrual bleeding, blood in stool and urine, bleeding hemorrhoids and digestive disorders
  • Mouthwash 
  • Gum Inflammation and swollen tonsils treatment 

 


REFERENCES

  1. Babaoglu, M. and Yorgancilar, M. (2000) ,TD-Specific plant regeneration in salad burnet, Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, 440: pp.31-32.
  2. Kazemeini, F., Malayeri, B. E., Chehregani, A., Lorestani, B., Kalvandi, R. (2013), Identification of the heavy metals accumulator plants in surrounding area of mine, International Journal of Agriculture and Crop Sciences, Vol., 6 (10), pp. 562-564.
  3. Singhurst, J. R.anHolmes, W. C. (2012), Sanguisorba Minor (Rosaceae) Adventive in Texas, pp. 1-2.
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