Lady’s Mantle Extract
Species Name: Alchemilla vulgaris
Also Known As: Alchemilla vulgaris and Alchemilla xanthochlora, Dewcup, Hairy Mantle, Lion's Foot, Bear's Foot, Nine Hooks, Leontopodium, and Stellaria.
Found in Asia, Europe and North America, Lady's mantle is a perennial herb with large, fan-shaped leaves that look like cilantro.
This plant has clusters of small green flowers and bears rounded yellow fruit with one seed. Part of the rose family, Alchemilla is the scientific name and comes from the Arab word Alkemelych or alchemy.
This name stems from medieval times and the alchemists' fascination with the plant. The plant was so named for its magical healing properties.
What is Lady’s Mantle Extract? Lady’s Mantle extract is made from the plant’s dried leaves, roots, and flowering shoots.
It is usually made into tinctures, teas and extracts and is rarely put into capsules. This extract offers tannins and flavonoids, mostly quercetin.
Home Remedies Using Lady’s Mantle Extract:
Benefits of Lady’s Mantle Extract:
Lady’s Mantle is a bitter astringent herb used to control bleeding and discharges in the body. It can reduce the pain associated with menstrual periods, alleviate excessive bleeding, and stimulate menstrual flow if there is any resistance.
This extract can help relieve menopause symptoms and can be used as a uterine astringent for both heavy periods and other uterine bleeding.
In tea or liquid extract form, Lady’s Mantle is an effective mouthwash and gargle used for mouth and throat sores including laryngitis.
A warm tea solution can also be used to prevent infection in cuts, burns and scrapes. It may be useful in treating circulatory problems, including those associated with diabetes.
Lady’s Mantle extract can also be utilized to treat diarrhea.
Lady’s Mantle extract applied to the skin has astringent properties and it protects skin-elasticity. It is thought that “Lady’s Mantle inhibits the breakdown of the skin’s elastic and connective tissues”. Thus the possibility to treat stretch marks and the signs of ageing to skin.
Research on Lady’s Mantle includes the following: “A 1986 French study showed that lady's mantle inhibits the breakdown of the skin's elastic and connective tissues, supporting its use to treat stretch marks and ageing skin.”
Side Effects of Lady’s Mantle Extract:
The use of Lady’s Mantle may cause an allergic reaction or might trigger side-effects associated with interaction combined with other medications, supplements, and herbs. If treating diarrhea, Lady’s Mantle extract should only be used in mild cases.
Pregnant or breast feeding women should not take Lady’s Mantle. This herb should be avoided if you are taking aspirin or anti-coagulant medication.
