Devils claw, grapple plant, wood spider, Harpagophytum procumbens, is a member of the Pedaliaceae family. The name comes from its fruit heads that have multiple claw like protrusions. The greek ‘Harpagus’ means grappling hook, leading to it’s other common name, grapple plant. in 1870, Wood wrote “The reader may easily imagine the horrors of a bush which is beset with such weapons. No one who wears clothes has a chance of escape from them. If only one hooked thorn catches but his coat-sleeve, be is a prisoner at once. […] If the reader would like to form an idea of the power of these thorns, he can do so by thrusting his arm into the middle of a thick rose-bush, and mentally multiplying the number of thorns by a hundred, and their size by fifty” . Due to its small native geography, there was some concern about whether Devils claw would become endangered but it is now farmed sustainably.
Devils Claw is Southern Africa. It is a perennial plant that grows with a ground creeping plant habit and trumpet shaped violet or red flowers.
The natural constituents of devils claw root are:
Iridoid glycosides including harpagoside, harpagide, procumboside and procumbide. Also flavonol glycosides, sugars, triterpines,
This product contains dried root.
Suggested use: Add 1 to 2 teaspoons per mug of freshly boiled and slightly cooled water, allow to steep for 5 to 10 minutes and strain to remove herbs.
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