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Common Name | Cleavers |
| | Family | RUBIACEAE Madder Family |
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| Other Names | Clivers, Goose Grass, Catchweed, Sweet Woodruff |
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| Parts Used: | Dried aerial parts and fresh expressed juice |
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| Constituents |
Coumarins,Iridoid glycosides (asperuloside, acumin), Tannins,citric Acid,Gallotanic acid |
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 Remedies using Cleavers
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Dosage Options One once dried leaves in a pint of water, 1 to 2 teaspoons of cleavers tincture, 2 to 4 grams of the dried herb in a cup of boiling water or 1/2 teapspoon of a liquid extract three times a day.
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Cleavers is a coffee relative, and its seed if roasted are used as a coffee substitute. Herbalists have long regarded cleavers as a valuable lymphatic tonic. In essence the lymph system is the body's mechanism to wash tissues of toxins, passing them back into the bloodstream to be cleansed by the liver and kidneys. |
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| Dogs, Blood pressure | | [380] In one study involving dogs, a cleavers extract lowered blood pressure without slowing heart rate or having any health-threatening side effects.
(Duke, James A, Ph.D. ) | | eczema, psoriasis and acne | | [982] Cleavers acts as a diuretic and blood purifier. Regular use detoxifies the body, treating an underlying cause of chronic skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis and acne.
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| Cleavers is considered a safe herb |
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The bristle-covered fruit will latch onto (cleave)animals who brush by, hence one of its names, catchweed. Geese love it, so the name goosegrass.
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 It is under the dominion of the Moon. The juice of the herb and the seed together taken in wine, helpth those bitten with an adder, by preserving the heart from the venom. It is familarly taken in broth, to keep them lean and lank that are apt to grow fat. Nicholas Culpeper |
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| Galium aparine Origin- USA
Usually taken as a tea, but can be eaten or ground fresh. Equally as suitable as an extract or capsule and may be lightly |
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Cleavers Medicinal Uses
