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Orris Root Powder (Italian)

Orris Root

Origin: Italy
From£57.15 per kg
Description

Orris is the root of the iris, a beautiful, blooming flower species that grows across widely across the world. The root is taken specifically from the Iris Pallida and Iris Germanica plants. A lot of work goes into harvesting orris ; after three to four years of growth, the roots are dug up and left to dry for many years, before being ground to powder.

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In the past, orris root has been used medicinally, in snuff and chewed to cover bad breath. In modern times, we use it as a fixative in potpourri and in many perfumes. Orris root is used to flavor gins such as Bombay Sapphire and Magellan.

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Orris root is used for blood -purifying, gland-stimulating, increasing kidney activity, stimulating appetite and digestion, and increasing bile flow. It is also used for headache, toothache, muscle and joint pain, migraine, constipation, bloating, diabetes, and skin diseases. Orris Root powders is added to peeling creams and as exfoliating grains to soaps. Orris Root powder can be used as it is for a tooth powder or added to toothpaste recipes.

Orris Root powders is added to peeling creams and as exfoliating grains to soaps. Orris Root powder can be used as it is for a tooth powder or added to toothpaste recipes.

In gin, orris is a base note binding and stabilising the other flavours and manifests as an earthy, woody, sweet, flowery aroma similar to violets or raspberries. It is used in gins such as Bombay Sapphire and Magellan.

Orris root powder is used in potpourri and perfume making to prolong the fragrance. Dripping essential oil onto orris root powder to fix the fragrance of potpourri.

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