Alfalfa Leaf Powder

What is Alfalfa Leaf Powder? Medicago sativa is a perennial plant that regrows each year. It is in the family Fabaceae. Alfalfa has been used as food in India, as a nutritive booster in American traditional medicine, and as a stomach aid in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Our organic alfalfa powder is a healthy addition to green smoothies, mixed drinks, and plant powders. Animals often use alfalfa for feeding, but its history extends to numerous other uses. Traditional American folk medicine has used it as a health aid. Herb shops and health food stores often sell the dried alfalfa leaf as a tea, pill, or powder. People often grow the seed and put it in salads or on sandwiches. Alfalfa has flowers that look like beans and range in color from purple to yellow. It also has leaves that look like clover and a deep taproot. Some sources report finding taproots extending 68 feet into the ground. Alfalfa is native to southwest Asia, and wild species can be found in the Caucasus, as well as in hilly areas of Afghanistan and Iran. It is grown all over the world and is especially popular in the United States. Early colonists were the first people to grow alfalfa in the United States,…