YERBERO · herbolarioNo. 130

Nombre: Palo azul
English: Kidneywood bark
Botánica: Cyclolepis genistoides
Parte: Corteza · bark
Forma: Bark and wood chips
Origen: Mexico
Colecta: wildcrafted, as the bag says
Peso neto: 4 oz

Cortezas y raíces · Barks, roots and stems

YERBERO Palo azul

Kidneywood bark · Cyclolepis genistoides

Also sold as kidney wood, blue stick, palo dulce

4.2 (204) 4.2 out of 5 from 204 ratings

$7.59$1.90 per oz

Size

This bag: 50 to 60 cups (as printed). Price from our last catalog update; the checkout shows the current one.

Té, an infusion

One tablespoon in a strainer in a mug or teapot. Pour hot water over it, cover and let it sit 3 to 5 minutes, then lift the strainer out. (As printed on the bag.)

Cocimiento, a decoction, as the product description gives it: Three to five pieces boiled in water. The water turns a blue tint as it stands, more so with alkaline water.

Shelf: Barks, roots and stems
Sizes: 5 sizes
Plant part: Bark
From: $7.59

Bark that turns the water blue

Palo azul is bark and wood chips, wildcrafted in Mexico. The bag prints Cyclolepis genistoides, while Mexican markets usually mean Eysenhardtia polystachya by the same name, so go by the bag if the species matters to you. Its method is a short steep: a tablespoon in a strainer in a mug or teapot, hot water poured over, covered three to five minutes.

The product description gives a longer way, three to five pieces boiled in water, and says the water takes on a blue tint as it stands, more so with alkaline water. The bag counts 50 to 60 cups in 4 oz and 100 to 120 in 8 oz, and no other item in our catalog comes in as many sizes: a pound, 2 lb and 5 lb follow. Pour the tea into a clear glass jug and you will see the tint against the light of a window.

In the YERBERO collection, Palo azul is filed under P in the herbolario A–Z, next to Palo azul en polvo.

Cortezas y raíces