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Lady's Mantle Alchemilla vulgaris

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.

Side Effects:

None noted

How to Use: Lady's Mantle

Preparation Methods :The dried leaves and flowers can be made into teas and extracts.

Remedies using : Lady's Mantle Lady's mantle tea*

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Lady's Mantle Medicinal Uses & Benefits

Abrasions/Cuts * Diabetes * Dysmenorrhea * Menopause/Perimenopause * Menorrhagia *

Lady's Mantle for :Painful Period
	It contains salicylic acid and has sedative properties that help to alleviate cramps and painful menstruation

Lady's mantle for :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
	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. Mountain Rose Herbs. . (), Moutain Rose Herbs

Lady's Mantle tea for :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
	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)

Plant Description

Related Species Alchemilla alpina , Alpine Lady's Mantle has similar properties and was once prescribed for obesity.

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.

History and Traditions

The name Alchemilla, comes from the Arabic 'alkemelych', alchemist, bestowed by olden writers because of the wonder-working powers of the plant.

Astrology:

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}

Folklore, Myths and Legends

Medieval Europe/Celts
	Many believed that alchemical virtues of ladys mantle 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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