Lovage has been used for centuries. It has many attributes, including its ability to treat pain, inflammation, indigestion, and joint pain. It is used both as a culinary herb and as a medicine. Lovage root, young stalks, leaves, and seeds have a tasty celery flavor. Lovage has aquaretic properties that help it to increase urination and release toxins and excess fluids from the body without also losing important electrolytes in the manner many diuretics do. This ability makes it useful for what has been and is known as “irrigation therapy,” the cleansing of toxins from the body through urination.
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