Horseradish

🌱 Horseradish has been cultivated since ancient times, and highly prized throughout Asia and Europe for its tender leaves and fleshy white roots.

🌱 Horseradish has a delicious intense pungency and rich in bioactive sulfur-containing isothiocyanates.

🌱 Its anti-microbial properties make it useful for pickling, fermenting and preserving food and horseradish is used throughout Europe for treating fever, sore throat, cough and flu.

🌱 Also used as a condiment acidified with vinegar,

🌱 And a remedy for scurvy, an aphrodisiac, an expectorant and pain-relieving poultice or rub.