Medina-Remón A. Barrionuevo-González A. Zamora-Ros R. Andres-Lacueva C. Estruch R. Martínez-González M.-A.

For use as a mouth rinse or during cases of mild diarrhea steep 4 Tbsp. of leaf in 1 cup of hot water and then bring it up to a simmer for a few minutes to extract out more of the tannin content. Simmer with a lid to hold in any volatile oils. This plant is not markedly high in volatile compounds but it does contain some. If you already have some or another Alchemilla plants, you will not need to grow those, for Alchemilla self-seed aggressively and thereby also ‘self-grow’.

Alchemilla vulgaris, Botanically Speaking

Alchemilla also has historic and current use in cases of mild diarrhea. In fact, the German E Commission has approved this herbs safety for this use and states its usefulness in “light and non specific diarrhea.” In this scenario, and for use as a mouth rinse, a stronger infusion is recommended rather than a general tea (recipe at end of article) and the use of the root may be useful here as well. Steep 2-4 Tbsp of the above sitz bath tea in 1 cup of water for 20 minutes to overnight. Strain and use in a peri bottle to wash over tissues several times per day or sit in a shallow basin of the tea for 10-15 minutes several times per day. P. Prieto, M. Pineda and M. Aguilar, Spectrophotometric Quantitation of Antioxidant Capacity through the Formation of a Phosphomolybdenum Complex: Specific Application to the Determination of Vitamin E1, Anal. Biochem., 1999, 341, 337–341 CrossRef PubMed.

Lady’s mantle dosage depends upon several factors, including a person’s health status. To date, there is not clinical evidence to support specific dosage recommendations, but traditional use of the herb for diarrhea is five to 10 grams daily. ( 8) S. Y. Lee, N. Baek and T. Nam, Natural, semisynthetic and synthetic tyrosinase inhibitors, J. Enzyme Inhib. Med. Chem., 2015, 1–13 Search PubMed.

Alchemilla pratensis var. acutangula (Buser) Schinz & R.Keller in Fl. Schweiz, ed. 2, 2: 118 (1905)