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Botanical name: Ascophyllum nodosum
Knotted wrack, Norwegian kelp, egg wrack, rock weed, knotted kelp.
Family Fucaecea
Botany
Kelp is a brown algae/seaweed found at the shoreline in cold waters like Northern United States, Canada, and Europe.
Taste salty
Energetics
Cooling
Nutrition
Iodine, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, Vitamins A, B1, B2, C, D, and E.
Therapeutic actions
Anti-bacterial: destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria
Anti-cancer
Antioxidant
Anti-inflammatory: alleviate inflammation throughout the body
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Sincerely,
Emilee Wright
A Mercurial Consciousness