Lady's Mantle Leaf
Alchemilla is used for stomach problems, mild diarrhea, diabetes, water retention, swelling (inflammation), and muscle spasms. Some people use it as a gargle for sore mouth and throat.
Women use alchemilla for heavy or painful menstrual periods or for symptoms of menopause.
Some people apply alchemilla directly to the skin to stop bleeding; improve wound healing; or treat ulcers, eczema, or skin rashes.
Alchemilla is also added to bath water for treating lower-abdominal ailments.
Lady’s mantle has been used since medieval times for its medicinal properties. Many also believed that the rainwater collected on the leaves of the herb had magical powers, but that of course, is not believed in modern times. This beneficial herb is used to cure many ailments even today. And, do you know that even if you do not find much about its hair and skin benefits, you can use it for youthful skin and great looking hair. Listed below are some of the popular health benefits of Lady’s mantle
1. Digestion
Drinking Lady’s Mantle tea may help to improve digestion and ease stomach cramps due mostly in part to its salicylic acid content. Consuming Lady’s Mantle tea may also help to prevent indigestion, bloating and diarrhea.
2. Wound Healing
Some herbalists and alternative medicinal practitioners use lady’s mantle for treating wounds, as it has styptic properties. So simple wounds, burns and scrapes can be treated very effectively at home if you can lay your hands on the leaves.
3. Skin problems
Lady’s Mantle has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant properties which help to treat various skin related issues. The anti-inflammatory property provides relief from skin redness, inflammation, and swelling. In skin problem such as eczema, Lady’s Mantle is very effective it reduces the itchiness and redness from the skin. Antioxidant content of herb helps to eliminate toxins and free radical from the body and by doing so it prevents oxidative damages in the body and delays the aging process.
4. Menstruation issues
Lady’s Mantle is one of the top traditional herbs for menstruation problems. Pure natural extract of Alchemilla Vulgaris consists of vaso-relaxant properties due to which it helps to relax the tension in the blood vessels and reduce the pain and cramping. Herb provides the strengthening effect on the endometrium (the uterine lining), and by doing so it can easily solve any problem related to menstruation.
5. Anti-aging
Grow lady’s mantle plant in your garden, and you will have its ability to fight visible signs of ageing just an arm’s length away. Antioxidants in the herb can help to get rid of free radicals and ensure your skin’s elasticity is maintained for a long time.
6. After Childbirth
Long time ago, there was a legend related with lady’s mantle. People believed that the herb had the ability to restore a woman’s virginity. This folklore has made its way into modern times and the leaves are used even today on nursing mothers, mainly on their breast and stomach, to reduce the visible signs of childbirth.
7. Reduce menopausal symptoms
There are hormonal imbalances that occur during the menopausal stage in women’s. This stage brings many changes in the women body. Many Ayurvedic and allopathic experts recommend Alchemilla Vulgaris as a uterine astringent and uterine tonic. Alchemilla Vulgaris overcomes the symptoms of menopause such as hot flushes, anxiety, irritation, and pain.
8. Oral Health
After a dental procedure, try rinsing your mouth with an extract of lady’s mantle. It will ease the blood flow and facilitate healing.
9. Good for insomnia
People who have been facing the problem of insomnia get stressed day by day. Insomnia is mostly stress-related disorder which makes the person sleepless. Alchemilla Vulgaris tea acts as a great treatment for insomnia patient. This herbal tea offers relief to your mind and releases the stress from the body. For making this tea you can just put Lady’s Mantle plant in one cup of water and boil them for 5-10 minutes. After that strain it and consume it 3 times a day. This will certainly improve your stress level and helps to have sound sleep.
10. Vaginal infection
Lady’s Mantle is quite effective for those women who have been facing the problem of yeast and fungal or vaginal infections. It also decreases the itchiness and white discharge problem. Due to its great therapeutic effect, the herb is used as a douche or applied on a tampon and after that inserted into the vagina. It has no ill effects rather than this it helps to cure vaginal irritation and infection.
11. Diarrhea and indigestion
Along with other females health issues Lady’s Mantle has been also used for stomach pain, indigestion due to its great astringent property. Lady’s Mantle helps to reduce the symptoms of diarrhea and prevents bloody stool discharge. The anti-inflammatory properties of Lady’s Mantle help in the treatment of piles and hemorrhoids.
12. Protect liver
Antioxidant properties of Lady’s Mantle prevent your liver from oxidative damages. Rich amount of polyphenolics and flavonoids content in Lady’s Mantle helps in liver protection and also removes the toxin from the body.
13. Hair growth
Herb also helps to repair scalp and promote the growth of hair follicles. The Lady’s Mantle hence helps to strengthen the hair follicles and promote natural growth and also protects the scalp from any type of fungal and bacterial infection.