Pertinent Information on the Plant

• Emmenagogue (agent that regulates and induces normal menstruation)
• Suppressed menstruation
• Female disorders
• Relieving menstruation cramps
• Menopause (water retention, hot flashes, M=mood swings)
• Aids in child birth
• Heart tonic
• Heart palpitations
• Add to cough formula when someone has bad heart
• Add to asthma formula when someone has a bad heart
• Nervine relaxant (calm nervous tension and nourish the nervous system)
• Sedative (exerts a soothing, tranquilizing effect on the body)
• Antispasmodic (calming nervous and muscular spasms or convulsions)
• Hepatic (having to do with the liver)
• May be used to alleviate false labor pains
• Diuretic (increases flow of urine)
• Carminative (causing the release of stomach or intestinal gas)
• Antioxidant (prevents or inhibits oxidation)
• Fevers
• Stomach aches

Habitat and Growing area

• Found on our farm in Ontario Canada
• Likes to grow in disturbed ground; pasture land and fence line

Extra Notes

• A beautiful addition to heart tonic tea and menstruation teas