Devil's Claw Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum zeyheri) is the second of the two devil's claw species, a prostrate perennial of the sesame family, Pedaliaceae, native to sandy savanna and woodland in northern Namibia, southern Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and northern Botswana, and harvested alongside Harpagophytum procumbens, from which it is told apart by its shorter fruit arms and less deeply lobed leaves. Trailing stems spread from a deep taproot after the rains, with grey-green leaves and pink to mauve trumpet flowers. The woody fruit carries hooked, barbed arms that catch on hooves and fur. Secondary storage tubers grow off the taproot and are sliced and sun-dried into bitter discs. We extract the dried root.