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Lady's Mantle Alchemilla vulgaris

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Common Names
Lady's Mantle , Leontopodium, Stellaria
Botanical Name
Alchemilla vulgaris
Syn. A. xanthochlora
Family
ROSACEAE Rose Family
Lady's Mantle Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Abrasions/Cuts * Diabetes * Dysmenorrhea * Menopause/Perimenopause * Menorrhagia *
Properties: Astringent* Vulnerary* Tonic* Appetite Depressant/Obesity*
Parts Used: whole herb, root
Constituents:Tannins and flavonoids, chiefly quercetin.


Lady's Mantle tea can help
curb heavy bleeding

Lady's Mantle is found both in the wild and in cultivated gardens. It has a time honored traditional use as a woman'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.

Related Species Alchemilla alpina , Alpine Lady's Mantle has similar properties and was once prescribed for obesity.
Side Effects:
None noted
How to Use: Lady's Mantle
Preparation Methods :The dried leaves and flowers can be made into teas and extracts.

remedyRemedies using : Lady's Mantle

Lady's Mantle for :Painful Period
Painful Period It contains salicylic acid and has sedative properties that help to alleviate cramps and painful menstruation
Lady's mantle for :Menopause
Menopause The semi-magical and gentle healing powers of this traditional women's herb can be quite helpful during the menopause years.

Rosemary Gladstar, Herbal Healing for Women (1993)

Lady's Mantle tea for :Diabetes
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.

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Lady's Mantle tea for :Bleeding, stomach upset
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.

Adele Dawson, Herbs: Partners in Life (2000)

Ladys mantle for :Heavy or excessive menstrual flow
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.

Rosemary Gladstar, Herbal Healing for Women (1993)


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referencesLady's Mantle Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Abrasions/Cuts * Diabetes * Dysmenorrhea * Menopause/Perimenopause * Menorrhagia *
Plant Description

Leaf of Lady's Mantle with dew
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.

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.

Folklore, Myths and Legends
History and Traditions
historyThe name Alchemilla, comes from the Arabic 'alkemelych', alchemist, bestowed by olden writers because of the wonder-working powers of the plant.
Astrology:
folkloreVenus 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
folklore 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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