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Description:
Agrimonia is a plant that is found throughout the world and has been used for its medicinal purposes in England, Asia, and America. It is a perennial plant that can reach a height between 2 and 3 feet.*
It has numerous leaves that range is size from about 7 to 8 inches long at the base to only about 3 inches long in the upper portion of the plant. It has small yellow flowers that grow along the top 1 foot of the plant.
Agrimonia has a bitter and harsh taste with an unpleasant aroma. Agrimonia is also known by several other names. These include Church Steeples, Cockeburr, Sticklewort, and Philanthropos.
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Family:
Rosaceae
Organ Meridian Systems :
Lung, Liver, Spleen
Properties :
Bitter, Astringent, Neutral
Traditional Medicinal Uses:
Traditional Uses: Agrimonia has been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) to stop bleeding, stop vomiting of blood, stop nose bleeds, stop blood in urine, resolving toxicity, reducing abscesses, and for killing parasites. Europeans used Agrimonia to treat wounds, snake bites, warts, liver problems and internal bleeding.*
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