Horse radish is a perennial herb of the Crucifer family. Found in waste lands and cultivated in the gardens. Leaves are long, rough with a biting taste.
Flowers are small, cross-form and whitish. The root is the medicinal part of the herb. It is long stringy with white or pink color and it has a hot taste. Oil that contains a sulfur compound imparts the pungent odor and the hot taste of the root.

It is a valued remedy for destroying harmful bacteria and for expelling worms. Horse radish is a good remedy for urinary troubles and for stimulating the appetite. One or two roots are grated finely and taken raw in teaspoon doses daily before meals.

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