YERBERO · herbolarioNo. 131

Nombre: Palo azul en polvo
English: Kidneywood powder
Botánica: Eysenhardtia polystachya
Parte: Corteza · bark
Forma: Ground bark
Origen: Mexico
Colecta: wildcrafted, as the bag says
Peso neto: 6 oz

Cortezas y raíces · Barks, roots and stems

YERBERO Palo azul en polvo

Kidneywood powder · Eysenhardtia polystachya

Also sold as palo azul polvo, kidney wood powder

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$9.99$1.67 per oz

Size

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

Té, an infusion

One tablespoon to half a gallon of water. Boil the water and let it settle off the boil, then steep 15 to 30 minutes. The bag recommends alkaline water for the blue color. (As printed on the bag.)

Cocimiento, a decoction, as the product description gives it: Boil in water. With alkaline water the tea turns blue within a few minutes.

Shelf: Barks, roots and stems
Sizes: 2 sizes
Plant part: Bark
From: $9.99

Palo azul, ground

This is palo azul ground to a powder, wildcrafted in Mexico, in a 6 oz bag that counts 60 or more cups and a pound bag beside it. On its card the plant is Eysenhardtia polystachya, the one Mexican markets usually sell as palo azul. Our chips bag prints a different name, Cyclolepis genistoides, so the two bags may not hold the same plant.

The bag asks for one tablespoon to half a gallon of water. Boil the water, let it settle off the boil, then steep the powder 15 to 30 minutes, with alkaline water if you want the blue color. The product description says to boil it instead and puts the blue at a few minutes. Either way, pour through a fine cloth or a paper filter, since powder slips through a mesh sieve.

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

Cortezas y raíces