Chicory (Cichorium intybus) cultivated or growing in the wild, its food and medicinal source are chicory root (Radix Cichorii) and chicory leaf (Folium Cichorii), consumed raw or after processing. The root contains many active ingredients like insulin, choline, flavonoids, tannins, bitter compounds, pectins, resins and chicory acid, also minerals and vitamins B and C. The leaves contain vitamins B, C, carotene, minerals. Chicory is a appetite stimulant, cholagogic and cholepoietic, diuretic, detoxifying and antibacterial.