Effect:
haemostatic, constipating, astringent, antispasmodic, bactericidal, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, disinfectant, stomach-friendly, stomach-strengthening, drying
Areas of application:
Potency, internal bleeding, diarrhea, inflammation of the mucous membrane, inflammation of the gums, stomach and intestinal diseases, inflammation of the mouth and throat, diseases of the throat and larynx, dysentery, inflammation of the intestine (also chronic), infectious intestinal diseases, diarrhea, flatulence, summer diarrhea, intestinal bleeding, hemorrhoids, excessive menstruation, painful menstruation, wound fever, fever, anemia, open wounds, poorly healing wounds, deep cuts, scarring, injuries, burns, premature ejaculation, frostbite, jaundice
Dysentery = Dysentery (also shigellosis, shigellar dysentery, bacterial dysentery or bacterial dysentery) is a contagious diarrheal disease caused by an infection with bacteria (Shigella). Common symptoms include bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps, vomiting and fever. Shigellosis can usually be treated well. (Excerpt from NetDoktor)
Bloodroot can also be used very well on animals (such as dogs, horses, sheep and cows, etc.) and is very helpful.
Plant parts used:
root
Collection time:
spring or autumn
To find:
Grows in swamp and moorland meadows, often on poor meadows and heathland.
Ingredients:
up to 20% tannin, catechin, ellagic acid, tormentol, essential oil, resin, gum, starch
Miscellaneous:
☕ Tea: 1 teaspoon of root is boiled with 1 cup of water for about 10 minutes, then strained. Drink 2 to 3 cups daily.
☕ Tea for chronic diarrhea: 2 parts bloodroot and 1 part oak bark
potentilla = powerful/power/potency
Tormentil is a perennial herbaceous plant that usually reaches heights of 10 to 30 (5 to 50) centimetres. It grows from a strong, creeping rhizome that has a diameter of 1 to 3 cm, is woody, and turns blood red on the inside where it is cut. The upright to prostrate stem has several branches at the top, is leafy, and has varying degrees of hair. The long-stemmed rosette leaves are three-parted (rarely individual four- to five-parted), coarse and toothed, in contrast to the sessile to short-stemmed stem leaves, which are always three-parted. There are three to five large stipules, which is why the leaves appear multi-parted. The flowers, which arise individually on long stalks in the leaf axils, have a diameter of about 1 centimetre. The sepals are more or less as long as the petals. The yellow petals, usually four (sometimes five or six), are free, inverted heart-shaped and 4 to 5 mm long. The flowering period is from May to October. (Wikipedia)
In some regions, a liqueur or schnapps is made from Tormentilla, which is served as a digestif. It can also be steeped in wine and drunk as a stomach-strengthening root wine.
Tormentilla has a red color inside its rootstock.
In laboratory tests, the juice of the plant has an inhibiting effect on the growth of bacteria and viruses.
Like the beavernelle and speedwell, the Tormentilla was named as a plagueweed in ancient writings.
In some Alpine areas there is still a saying: "If any illness comes, I'll just drink my Tormentill." The saying says a lot about what Tormentilla can do. Many bacteria and viruses don't stand a chance.
There is a risk of confusion with other cinquefoils, such as creeping cinquefoil (but it has five petals). It is important that the flower of Tormentilla only has 4 petals.
Because bloodroot produces a beautiful red color, it is also used as a dye for wool and leather.
Tormentil was named medicinal plant of the year 2024 in Germany.
Hildegard von Bingen: The Tormentill is cold, and this cold is good and healthy. It is effective against fevers that come from harmful foods. Take tormentil and boil it in wine and honey. Strain this through a cloth, and drink it often on an empty stomach and in the evening, and the fevers will disappear.