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BLUE FLAG EXTRACT 3:1 Product No. P02106


Blue flag comes from Iris versicolor, a perennial found abundantly in swamps and 10 areas in eastern and central North America. When the plant isn't In bloom, many people mistake it for sweet flag (Acorus calamus). Other names for blue flag include dagger flower, flag lily, liver lily, poison flag, snake lily, water lily and wild iris.

The herb's rhizome (underground stem) has a peculiar odour and pungent, acrid taste. The United States Pharmacopoeia, a legal compendium of drug standards lists the rhizome as an official pharmaceutical ingredient. 

Actions: Blue flag is alterative, cholagogue and laxative in moderate doses, and emetic and cathartic in large doses. It increases secretions of the salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and intestines. It promotes excretion of metabolic wastes, and corrects faulty, retrograde metabolism and associated blood, lymphatic and glandular toxicity.

It is used for;

•Bruises
•Constipation
•Fluid retention
•Inflammation
•Liver disease
•Sores
•To induce vomiting
•To stimulate the bowel

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