Name: Horseradish
History: Egyptians knew about horseradish as far back as 1500 BCE.
Early Greeks used it as a rub for lower back pain and an aphrodesiac.
Jews use it during Passover seder as one of the bitter herbs. Some
used horseradish syrup as an expectorant cough medicine; others were
convinced it cured everything from rheumatism to tuberculosis.
Legend has it the Delphic oracle told Apollo, 'The radish is worth
its weight in lead, the beet its weight in silver, the horseradish
its weight in gold.'
Uses: EATING this item casts MANA REFRESH.
Safety: non-toxic
Short: A horseradish root
Long: A white tapering root has been dropped here.