Cleaning the root bark

The whole Mimosa Hostilis root must be cleaned and stripped of its inner root-bark which is distinguishable by its paler brown colour compared to the dark brown outer bark and the rest of the root is discarded.

Removing the outer bark

The first step in Processing is to brush the outside to remove any dirt stuck to the mimosa root. Then the outer bark must be lightly scraped with a good sharp knife. It is preferable to remove at least some of the outermost layer to uncover the more blackish and purplish layer underneath.

Increasing the surface area by shredding or powdering the bark

The whole root-bark must generally be torn by hand, cut, or smashed with a blunt object prior to shredding. Once the bark has been reduced in size an electric blender or grinder would be useful to turn the bark into a fine powder. After 10 sec of grinding the bark is usually already powdered enough. However, you will notice that some fibbers still stay present. The fibbers can be perfectly sieved out with coarse kitchen sieve by rubbing the mimosa with your hands on the inside of the sieve. The powder will simply pass through the sieve while the fibbers will be left behind. Once all the powder has passed through the sieve all remaining fibres can be easily discarded and you are left with perfectly processed Mimosa root bark powder.

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