Latin name: Alchemilla vulgarisGenus: Rosaceae Folk name: Dächlichrut, Frauenhilfe, PerlkrautPlant description: Persistent perennial, 10 to 50 cm long flowering shoots. Small and inconspicuous yellow-greenish flowers. Leaves shaggy and toothed at the edges, almost circular and even when fully grown still somewhat folded. Flowering time: May to September: In bushes, light woods and meadows.
Medicinally used plant parts
The herb without the root
Ingredients
Tannins, bitter substances, little essential oil, flavonoids
Healing effects and use of lady’s mantle herb
Menopausal symptoms in women, excessive menstrual bleeding. Less frequent with stomach and intestinal complaints. In case of skin impurities of young girls, lady’s mantle is mixed with pansies.
Preparation of lady’s mantle herb
1 weakly heaped tablespoon of lady’s mantle herb is poured over with 1⁄4 l water and heated up to boiling. Leave to infuse for another 10 minutes and then strain. The tea can also be used for external washing.
Combination with other medicinal plants
For skin blemishes, mix a tea made of equal parts of lady’s mantle and pansy and prepare as described above. It can be used internally as a tea but also externally as a compress.
Side effect
none known.
