Planting: Moist well drained neutral to alkaline soil in shade, fully hardy perennial, 4’.
Harvest: Plants are cut when flowering and dried for infusions, extracts, and tablets.
Culinary: Sprigs are soaked in white wine to make Maitrank or Maibowle (Alsace), and added to fruit cups.
Medicinal: An astringent, slightly bitter herb , aromatic when dried, with tonic, diuretic, and sedative effects. It improves liver function, relaxes spasms, strengthens capillaries, and reduces blood clotting. Used internally for thrombo-phlebitis, varicose veins, hepatitis, jaundice.
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Seeded: Spring 2009 Transplanted to North of trash house
Links: Wiki
Sources:
The Royal Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Herbs and Their Uses (RHS)
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