Throughout history, chicory has been celebrated for its digestive virtues. From the Ancient Greeks to the Egyptians, it was used to strengthen the heart and digestive tract, to relieve liver ailments (jaundice, colic, biliary stasis), urinary afflictions, hives, eczema, edemas or bruising and fever. The secret is in the fiber in chicory: it has prebiotic characteristics which stimultate the good bacteria in your intestinal flora! Furthermore, according to long-held beliefs AND recent clinical studies, chicory has a sedative effect which helps relieve sleep disorders, one of the most common side effects of caffeine.