Bladderwrack
Fucus vesiculosus
About Bladderwrack
Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) is a herb used in the Western Herbalism tradition to help with Thyroid, Metabolism, Weight Loss, and Digestive Issues, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Fucus vesiculosus, known by the common name bladder wrack or bladderwrack, is a seaweed found on the coasts of the North Sea, the western Baltic Sea, and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, also known by the common names black tang, rockweed, bladder fucus, sea oak, black tany, cut weed, dyers fucus, red fucus, and rock wrack. It was the original source of iodine, discovered in 1811, and was used extensively to treat goitre, a swelling of...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist