hist-brewing: Ingredients for Gruit Sweet Gale Root powder won't do

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Do you have a reference or experiece in the sucessful use of root powder??

The parts used for ale making is the branches
"The branches have been used as a substitute for hops..."
<<http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/g/galeswe03.html>>
"The leaves are said to be substituted for hops..."
Harvey Felter & John Uri Lloyd, King's American Dispensatory(Cincinati: 
Eclectic Publications, 1895) 808

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