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Alchemilla vulgaris,
common name
Lady's Mantle,
is a member of the rose family. It was one of
the most popular woundworts of the Middle Ages but
in the Renaissance it was primarily used as a female
medicine.
I have this plant in my herb garden. the dew on
the leaves have the doctrine of signatures of
Mercury. I have made apple cider vinegar
tinctures of the leaves with dew collected first
thing in the morning. I use it often with cow's
with retained placentas and are off feed.
From a more TCM view, it clears Heat, esp Liver
Fire, clears fire toxins, but is also a Yin
tonic.
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Energy - bitter,
astringent, neutral
Meridians affected
- spleen, kidneys
Properties -
astringent, febrifuge
Use - loss of
appetite, rheumatism, stomach ailments, diarrhea,
enteritis
Precautions -
since it can tonify the uterus, I have never used it
in a pregnant cow
Pale anemic with prominent blue veins and moist
skin; infections in deep tubes: ears, vagina,
perforated eardrum, mouth sores and ulcers; specific
in acute and epidemic diarrhea; diarrhea of relaxed
intestines; strenghtens heart muscles, walls, atria;
anal fistula; vaginitis. leucorrhea, yeast
infections, cuts, flaps of skin hanging loose.
So the tissue type to be treated is relaxation.
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| CULPEPER: |
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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...the
distilled water..helps conception, and to retain the
birth. It is one of the most singular wound
herbs...in all wounds inward and outward, to drink a
decoction thereof , and wash the wounds
therewith...which wonderfully dries up all humidity
of the sores, and abates inflammations therein.
It quickly heals all green wounds, not suffering any
corruption to remain behind, and cures all old
sores, though fistulous and hollow.
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| WOOD: |
| "It lifts tissue and structures that
have become bogged down. It is associated with relaxed
tissue that need astringence. There may be prominent
blue veins. The blood is usually more watery when the
tissues are relaxed due to the outflow of fluids, so the
skin may be pale and damp with prominent blue veins. " |
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