Chicory is the valuable herb which for a long time has won
popularity in national medicine.Chicory was also often prescribed
by herbalists of recent centuries to cure a whole host of ailments;
the herbalist of the middle ages often recommended herbal remedies
made from the chicory roots as tonics, as laxatives, and as
diuretics. Swollen and inflamed skin was usually treated using an
herbal poultices made from bruised chicory leaves
