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SANICLE SANICULA
EUROPAEA It heals green wounds or any ulcers speedily. A perennial growing two feet (60 cm) high, with finely dented leaves and pale pink or greenish-white flowers in umbels. The seeds are contained in round burs which cling to anything that comes into contact with them. Where to find it.. Woodland, thickets and shady moist places. Flowering time: Early summer. Astrology: Mars owns this herb. Medicinal virtues: The decoction or powder taken in drink and the juice used outwardly dissipates evil humours. There is not found any other herb that can give such help when disease falls upon the lungs or throat. Putrid malignant ulcers in the mouth, throat, and privities are healed by gargling with a decoction of the leaves and roots made into water, and a little honey put thereto. It helps to stay women's courses, and all other fluxes of blood, from the mouth, in the urine or stool. It is healing to ulcerated kidneys, pains in the bowel, and gonorrhoea, or running of the reins, being boiled in wine or water and drunk. Modern uses: An infusion of the whole herb in doses of 2 fl oz (56 ml) is useful in leucorrhoea and diarrhoea. It also stops internal haemorrhage. Used as a gargle, the infusion soothes sore throats and used as a lotion, it heals septic wounds. As a blood purifier, it can be given in combination with other remedies, such as Red Clover. |