By: Ivana Dragica |
Lady's mantle – woman's best friend |
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This plant has various names, but it is most widely known as lady’s mantle, lat. Alchemilla vulgaris.
The name Alchemilla comes from the Arab word “alkemelych” (meaning "alchemist”) and it was given to this plant by ancient writers due to its great healing powers.
Ancient people believed that this plant has the greatest healing powers if picked at night when the Moon is in its last quarter.
Healing properties
Lady’s mantle contains flavonoids, organic acids, tannins, phitosterins, salicylic acid, essential oil and an abundance of vitamin C.
Due to the high tannin concentration, it has a bitter taste but also a strong anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties.
This plant became popular as a cure for women’s diseases, since it is one of the most effective plants for curing such health problems.
Even the famous Swiss herbalist Johann Künzle claimed that 30% of gynecological operations can be avoided by using lady's mantle tea.
Ideal plant for pregnant women
One of the biggest problems concerning women is the inability to conceive. Lady’s mantle is the best herb for treating infertility.
It is a great hormone regulator, enhances the growth of progesterone and ensures regular menstrual cycle, which is very important when trying to conceive.
Besides that, it is effective when it comes to weight loss and helps in a case of polycystic ovaries.
Lady’s mantle can help if a woman suffers from a weak uterus and can protect the pregnant woman from having a miscarriage by strengthening her uterus.
Each new mother should drink lady’s mantle tea 8 to 10 days after giving birth.
It is also recommended for injuries caused by the labor, for recuperation after a difficult labor and for flabby belly.
Helps with PMS and menopause
Alongside the aforementioned benefits for women’s health, lady’s mantle also treats uterine fibroid, cysts and endometriosis, alleviates menstrual problems, regulates the menstrual cycle and alleviate menopause symptoms.
It helps in a case of painful and abundant menstruations since it contains astringents that normalize the bleeding.
In a case when young women cannot get menstruation despite the medications, lady’s mantle and yarrow mixed in equal quantities can get everything in the order.
When the lady’s mantle is mixed with shepherd’s purse, a cure for all women’s diseases is created.
Baths, vaginal rinsing and tampons containing lady’s mantle are an effective way of treating fungi, bacterial vaginitis and other infections.
Soak tampons with a tincture of lady’s mantle and use them as vaginal ovule.
Destroys bacteria and viruses
The latest scientific researches indicate that lady’s mantle prevents the growth of various bacteria, including staphylococus - a bacterium that has become immune to numerous antibiotics.
It is also believed that lady's mantle has antiviral properties.
If we know that it has strong healing effects on the uterus and that it is helpful for healing wounds, we can conclude that lady's mantle is an extraordinary medicine for illnesses caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).
In such cases combine lady’s mantle with chasteberry, but consult a phytoterapist first since chasteberry has a strong influence on hormones.
Japanese scientists discovered that agrimonine found in lady’s mantle prevents the growth of breast cancer.
Lady’s mantle also helps with:
- bleeding
- insect bites
- sickness and vomiting
- eczema and dermatitis
- throat inflammation
- mild diarrheas, especially in children
- gout and rheum
- hemorrhoids
- ulcer
Lady’ mantle mixtures
Tea
Pour one glass of boiling water over one tablespoon of lady’s mantle and leave it for five to ten minutes. Drink two glasses of tea each day.
Decoction
Cook 30 to 50 grams of dried lady’s mantle (without root) in a liter of water. Use decoction for vaginal rinsing or as enema if you suffer from intestinal problems.
Tea mixture
Mix the same amounts of lady’s mantle and yarrow. Pour one liter of boiling water over three tablespoons of the mixture and filter it after 20 minutes. Drink tea while it is warm.
Bath
Cook 200 grams of dried lady’s mantle in three liters of water and pour it into the tub filled with water. Lay in water for 10 to 20 minutes and go to sleep.
Note: people experiencing stomach, liver or bile problems should take smaller quantities of lady’s mantle.
Picking lady’s mantle
We can find this plant all around and it grows the best at higher altitudes.
The plant is 10 to 40 centimeters high and it blossoms from May to August with modest, yellow-green or green flowers.
Pick lady’s mantle while it blossoms, since it is has the best healing properties at that time and dry it in the shade.
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