Devil's Claw Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens), also called grapple plant, is a prostrate perennial of the sesame family, Pedaliaceae, native to the red sands of the Kalahari in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa, where it sprawls across the ground after the summer rains. From a deep central taproot it sends out trailing stems up to 2 meters long with grey-green, lobed leaves and showy pink to purple trumpet flowers. The fruit is a woody capsule armed with long, curved, barbed arms that snag the feet of grazing animals, hence the name. Harvesters dig the secondary tubers and sun-dry them into bitter brown discs. We extract the dried root tuber.