Kitchen Remedies – Tarragon
Kitchen Remedies – Tarragon
Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus) is mostly known for its use in Bearnaise sauce, vinegar and French cooking. Most modern herbalists don’t give it much credence as a healing herb.
Chewing Tarragon leaves will numb your mouth and is great for toothache. Tarragon has eugenol which is an antiseptic and is used in dental paste used for temporary fillings.
According to James A. Duke, PhD and an authority on herbal medicine, Tarragon has Caffeic acid which is a cancer fighting chemical. Tarragon may help cleanse the body of free radicals. This means that it is a cancer preventative.…