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| FAGRIMONY
Agrimonia Striata
Common Names: Roadside Agrimony, Woodland Groovebur
Range:
Lives in thickets and the borders of woods from Quebec to
Nova Scotia; south through New England to North Carolina; west
to Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas; north to North Dakota
Description:
This is a tall plant, usually 4-5 feet tall. The stem is covered
with short, gland tipped hairs. A wand-like bunch of small,
yellow flowers rises above the mixed leaves. The stem has a
spicy odor if you crush it.
Use:
One of the primary uses for Agrimony is to stop bleeding. In
fact, Chinese studies report that the herb can increase blood
coagulation up to 50%, and is used in traditional Chinese
medicine to treat uterine bleeding as well as blood in urine
& stool.
Stops bleeding;
inflammatory skin diseases; mild & acute diarrhea; liver
disorders; kidney stones; diuretic; tighten hemorrhoids;
astringent.
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Agrimony
Fruit -
seed-like burs with hooked bristlesH
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Another beneficial application of Agrimony is as an
anti-inflammatory- relieving skin, mouth & throat
inflammation. Known for its throat-soothing action, some singers
have applied Agrimony as a gargle to help cut the mucus in their
throats before singing. In addition to its hemostatic &
anti-inflammatory action, Agrimony is high in nutrients
necessary for healthy functioning of the body, particularly the
liver. It acts as a general tonic, strengthening & toning
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| Historic
Reference:
"The
decoction of leaves of agrimony is good for them that
have naughty livers, and for such as piss blood upon the
diseases of the kidneys. The seed being drunk in
wine...doth help the bloody flux...a remedy for such as
are bitten with serpents. Adapted
from text of Gerard-Johnson 1633
It
is said the Indians used an infusion of the roots in
inflammatory fevers, with great success. Dr. Hill
say an infusion of six ounces of the crown of the root
in a quart of boiling water, sweetened with honey, and a
half a pint drank three times a day, is an effectual
cure for the jaundice. 1785
Cutler
The leaves said to
be aperient, detergent and to strengthen the tone of
viscera; hence it is recommended in scorbutic disorders,
a debility and laxity of the intestines, etc.
Digested in whey it forms a useful diet drink for the
spring season, not ungrateful to the palate or stomach,
attenuent and tonic. Lewis
Mat. Med. 1799
"Agrimony is a
valuable medicine both the herb and the root. It
is a tonic or strengthener of the system and effects
most sensibly the regions of the kidneys and bladder.
A tea or powder of this simple is a remedy for diabetes,
or involuntary emission of the urine. I conclude
it very advisable to give it either as a tea for
breakfast and supper, or as a diet drink, whenever we
wish to promote nervous strength. The roots may be
boiled in milk or water, and given in dysentery and
other fluxes. It is the high Canadian agrimony
that I recommend...An old man of my acquaintance...was
for several months unable to retain his urine...He was
advised by Dr. George Faulk to drink agrimony tea.
This tea, being the only medicine he used, he became a
well man in a few day, being as free from this complaint
as in his youth and was then above 80 years of
age." 1812
Peter Smith
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