Butcher’s Broom Ruscus aculeatus
Herbalists have known how to treat skin complaints since Roman times. In 60AD the Roman scholar Pliny discovered the beneficial properties of the Butcher’s Broom plant - an ever-green shrub native to Mediterranean and Western Europe. Pliny used the roots of the plant to improve circulation under the skin. And since his discovery, herbalists have been able to help swollen legs and relieve anal nuisances.
Butcher’s Broom works on the face by increasing dermal circulation and promoting the production of collagen, essential to maintaining our skin structure and reducing wrinkles. Butcher’s Broom derives its name from one of its traditional uses - tied in bundles to scrub down butchers’ blocks and floors.
