Chicory in Your Salad or Coffee Is Great for Digestion

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By Dr. Mercola

The common chicory (Cichorium intybus) is an herb belonging to the Asteraceae family and is native to Europe. It is versatile and often grown as fodder for livestock. Traditionally, most parts of the plant are used in cooking and medicine.

Chicory has a woody stem, long taproot and bright blue flowers. More rarely you may find it with white or pink flowers.1 Currently the plant is cultivated throughout the Netherlands, France and Germany and is so common it may be found growing along the roadside in temperate regions to a height of 3 to 5 feet.2

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