Mallow Processing

[IdahoHerbalist]

I am grinding up some of the mallow that I harvested this year.

Is there any advantage, medicinally or otherwise, for separating the root from the above ground portion?

[Dr. Patrick JonesHomestead Instructor]

The entire plant is both edible and medicinal. The root will have more mucilage than the tops. The tops will have more vitamins. I usually just use the entire plant when making medicine.

If you wanted, you could dry and grind the roots for medicine and the tops to add to soups this winter. 🙂

Patrick

Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.

[IdahoHerbalist]

I ground up some root this afternoon. Some of it was small, whole root, some was large root chopped up in chunks and some was root that I had processed through my electric food grinder.

Wow, what a difference the food grinder made. The result was MUCH finer and consistent. The chunks result has a LOT of longer fibers that will be VERY difficult to work with. There was quite a bit of residual moisture in them as well. I am letting both batches sit and dry some more before I try to grind it for a finer texture.

I will have to bring the root grindings and the tops that I sieved on our electric sieve machine at work by to show you Saturday.

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