Ladies Mantle Loose Tea, Botanical Name: Alchemilla vulgaris; Organic Status: Organic; Country of Origin: Greece; Plant Part: Aerials
Common names: Ladies Mantle, Lion's Foot, Bear's Foot, Leontopodium
Traditional Use:
Ladies mantle is rich in tannins, astringent compounds which help to contract muscle tissue, arrest bleeding, and stop diarrhoea. This herb is mostly used to reduce heavy menstrual bleeding and help regulate the menstrual cycle.
In the Southeast Europe and the Balkan peninsula, the Lady's mantle is very popular and acknowledged medicinal plant, which is traditionally used in folk medicine and in range of herbal remedies. The herb is mostly used for preventing of woman illnesses, such as menstrual problems, the oligomenorhea and dysmenorrheal, the menopausal complaints, for regulation of vaginal secretion, polycystic ovaries and even for infertility. As reported for other regions, the most records refers to woman illnesses and disorders uses, in addition to astringent, antihemorrhagic, tonic, cardiotonic and diuretic effects.
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