Medicago sativa - Culinary, Medicinal; A perennial plant used most frequently as fodder for animals.  Leaves and young shoots are cooked and eaten as greens, or fresh sprouts are eaten in salads.  A tea is made from the leaves that is used to stimulate appetite.  A poultice made from boiled leaves is used to treat earache.  High in Vitamin K. (Recent studies suggest that persons with lupus should not ingest alfalfa in any quantity.)

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Packet of 100 planting seeds  $2.50

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8oz Dried Leaves c/s   $4.95

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1lb Dried Leaves c/s   $6.49

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