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| Common Names |
| Lady's Mantle , Leontopodium, Stellaria |
| Botanical Name |
| Alchemilla vulgaris, A. xanthochlora |
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| ROSACEAE Rose Family |
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Lady's Mantle is found both in the wild and in cultivated gardens. It has a time honored traditional use as a women's healing herb.
It contains salicylic acid and has sedative properties that help to alleviate cramps and painful menstruation. Mantle has astringent and styptic properties, on account of the tannin it contains. It is ' of a very drying and binding character', the old herbalists expressed, and was formerly considered one of the best vulneraries or wound herbs. Cuts, scrapes, and burns can be treated with skin washes of lady's mantle to prevent infection. |
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Prep Methods :The dried leaves and flowers can be made into teas and extracts.
 Remedies using Lady's Mantle
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| Menopause | | The semi-magical and gentle healing powers of this traditional women's herb can be quite helpful during the menopause years. 906
(Gladstar, Rosemary ) | | Diabetes | | Lady's mantle tea has also been used to treat heavy menstruation, menstrual cramps, and disagreeable symptoms of menopause.
Some modern herbalists recommend lady's mantle as a treatment for diabetes, it may help prevent circulatory problems in diabetics. 1318
Mountain Rose Herbs. . (), Moutain Rose Herbs 2008-06-07 | | Bleeding, stomach upset | | An infusion taken internally is good for loss of appetite, rheumatism, stomach trouble, diarrhea, and excessive menstruation, and as a blood coagulant. 1319
(A. Dawson ) | | Heavy or excessive menstrual flow | | Lady's mantle has been used throughout history to treat menstrual irregularities and difficulties. Rich concentrations of tannin make it especially valuable in curbing heavy or excessive menstrual flow. 736
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Leaf of Lady’s Mantle with dew
 The plant is only a foot high and green throughout- flowers, stem and leaves alike, and therefore inconspicuous - the rich form of its foliage and the beautiful shape of its clustering blossoms make it worthy of notice. Long-lasting small yellow flowers appear in early summer.
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| Though it can be difficult to find in herb stores, it is an easy plant to grow, and deserves a place in every woman's garden both for its beauty and usefulness. The whole herb is gathered in June and July when in flower and when the leaves are at their best, and dried. The root, when employed may be fresh. |
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 The name Alchemilla, comes from the Arabic 'alkemelych', alchemist, bestowed by olden writers because of the wonder-working powers of the plant. |
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 Venus claims the herb as her own. Ladies' Mantle is very proper for those wounds that have inflammations, and is very effectual to stay bleeding, vomitings, fluxes of all sorts, bruises by falls or otherwise, and helps ruptures Nicholas Culpeper |
 Like many flowers, this plant was associated with the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages. (hence the name Lady's not Ladies Mantle)Many believed that alchemical virtues lay in the subtle influence the rich accordion foliage imparted to the dewdrops that lay within it's leaves, these dewdrops were used in many mystic potion. In Sweden an old authority states that if placed under the pillow at night the herb will promote a good nights sleep. |
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