(Armoracia Rusticana)
🌱 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.
