Potentilla anserina, Argentina anserina, Common Silverweed, Silverweed Cinquefoil, mouse grass, ladder grass, geese flower, geese leg etc.
Special Precautions of Silverweed
This medicinal plant increases irritation of stomach mucosa, it is not recommended for those with a sensitive stomach.
Health Benefits and Uses of Silverweed
- An infusion of silverweed is used for gastrorrhagia or intestinal bleeding, diarrhea, gastro-enteritis, as well as for hemorrhoid in form of a hip-bath, for menstrual cramps, external and internal bleedings, white discharge, stomach pains, anemia, arthritis, gynecological problems, belly aches, uterus pains, stomach cramps, eczema, gingivitis, lachrymation, osteoporosis, kidney stone, burned or frozen wounds, colon or uterus cancer, seborrhea dermatitis, skin ulcer, irregular period.
- Silverweed tea is used for colon infection: boil 2 spoonfuls of drug in 1 l of water for 10 minutes; strain it in 15 minutes and drink 50 ml every 2 hours. Both plants can be combined with milfoil.
- Old herbal remedies included Silverweed root extracts for treating epilepsy and for various gastric disorders including diarrhoea. Its leaves used to be put in to shoes to absorb sweat.
- Silverweed is also used in veterinary medicine