Perennial herb with long-stalked palmate to nine-lobed leaves; the fruit is an achene.

Alterative, antirheumatic, astringent, diuretic, emmenagogue, febrifuge, sedative, styptic, tonic and vulnerary (herb)

Plants for a Future

Glycosidic bitter compounds, catechol, tannins and flavonoids.

For menstrual problems (such as dysmennorhea), vaginal discharges, gastrointestinal problems (where diarrhea and spasms are involved), inflammations within the urinary tract, mouth and throat, boils and phlebitis, in conjunctivitis, cuts and wounds.

Stary, Medicinal Herbs and Plants.