Effect:
haemostatic, anti-inflammatory, cleansing, astringent, antiseptic, antidiarrheal, constipating
Areas of application:
heavy menstrual bleeding, bleeding in the mouth and throat, bleeding gums, inflammation in the mouth and throat, cleanses the kidneys, gall bladder, liver and intestines, diarrhea, varicose veins, menopausal bleeding, stops internal bleeding, scalds, small burns, skin ulcers, wounds, digestive problems
Plant parts used:
leaves, roots
Collection time:
July to August
To find:
The meadow button can be found in moist, nutrient-rich meadows.
Ingredients:
Flavonoids, tannins, sulfur compounds, saponins, bitter substances, vitamins, minerals
Miscellaneous:
☕ Tea: 1 teaspoon of dried or 2 teaspoons of fresh root are poured with 1/4 liter of cold water and left to stand overnight for at least 8 hours. Then warm it up a little, strain and drink. Use 3 cups daily as a treatment for 2 weeks.
The Great Meadow Button is a perennial plant and can grow to a height of between 30 and 120 cm. The upright stem is round or square, grooved, bare and sometimes the base is hairy. The basal and alternate leaves are arranged on the stem, stalked and odd-pinnate, with three to six pairs of leaflets. The upper side of the leaf is dark green, the underside blue-green. The internodes of the stem are shortened at the base so that the leaves form a rosette there. The basal stipules are brown and membranous. On the stem, the stipules are large, herbaceous and serrated. The basal leaves are 20 to 40 centimeters long and have 3 to 8 pairs of leaflets. The leaflets are round to ovate-elliptical, 10 to 60 millimeters long and have a 5 to 10 millimeter long stalk. Its edge is toothed and has 8 to 17 teeth on each side. The upright, dark reddish brown, ovoid, capitate inflorescences are 1 to 6 centimeters long and about 1 centimeter in diameter. They contain about 20 to 40 flowers that bloom from the tip of the capitate to the base. The four sepals are dark reddish brown to purple. The bracts are lanceolate and shorter to almost as long as the sepals. This species lacks petals. The flowering period is from June to September.
🛑 Due to a lack of information on toxicity, it should be avoided during pregnancy. It is suspected that the herb may interact with the group of allopathic drugs known as fluoroquinolones.
The meadow button is part of the consecrated herb tuft, parts of the roots left over from last winter also appear in the palm bushes.
In the kitchen, you can add the young leaves to potato salad, salads, vegetable dishes, quark dishes and soups. This gives them a fresh, aromatic, cucumber-like taste
The meadow beavernelle is used in the same way as the real beavernelle (Pimpinella saxifraga).
The difference between the large meadow button and the small meadow button is the flower. The large one has reddish-brown flowers and the small one has green ones. If you collect these during the flowering period, there is no risk of confusion.