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Goose-grass was used as a general cleansing tonic, and for treating glandular and urinary problems, skin disorders and lymphatic swellings. Applied externally, the herb was prescribed for burns, ulcers, skin inflammations, grazes, wounds and sores, and to staunch bleeding. Culpeper said that "it is a good remedy in the spring, eaten (being first chopped small and boiled well) in water gruel, to cleanse the blood and strengthen the liver, thereby to keep the body in health, and fitting it for that change of season that is coming." He also said that "it is familiarly taken in broth, to keep them lean and lank that are apt to grow fat."
Culinary Usage
The young shoots of goose-grass were cooked as a vegetable, and added to soups. The seeds were a coffee substitute.
Miscellaneous
A native of Britain and considered a straggling weed, goose-grass supports itself amongst surrounding plants by means of the tiny hooked bristles that cover the stems and leaves. Similar burrs on the little round seeds enable them to cling, or 'cleave', to clothing and animal hair (hence the name cleavers). Its botanical name aparine derives from the Greek for "to seize". Because of its clinging habit, it was also called "sweethearts". Goose-grass is so-called because it was a favourite food of geese. In ancient Greece, shepherds were said to have used the stems and leaves for straining the hair out of milk. In medieval times, lacemakers pushed their pins through the hard round seeds to make a larger head. The root of the plant yields a red dye.
Cleavers also goes by the name clivers, goose grass, and bedstraw. The aerial portions of the herb are used for their diuretic, alterative, aperient, and mildly astringent properties. Cleavers has been historically prescribed for the treatment of urinary tract infections, venereal diseases, skin diseases, and hepatitis; it has been used externally for burns and rashes. The biochemical makeup of cleavers includes a glycoside, asperuloside and other iridoids, and also anthraquinone derivatives.
Cleavers is one of the most effective diuretic blood purifiers known. It is very effective for the treatment of all urinary and reproductive-organ inflammations as well as hepatitis and venereal disease.
It is used to treat enlarged lymph glands, cystitis, psoriasis and skin diseases and eruptions. Externally, it makes an effective poultice for scalds and burns. Its cooling properties also make it appropriate for the treatment of fevers.
A tea is made by infusing one ounce of cleavers in a pint of water. Either the tea or a teaspoon of the tincture taken three times daily makes an effective course of treatment.
Preparation and Dosage: A tea made of 2 - 4 g of the dry herb in a cup of boiling water is taken two or three times a day. This applies to all three species of cleavers including G. verum, G. aparine, and G. odoratum.
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Directions
Hot tea brewing method: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 tea bag for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the pot, cover and let steep for 2-4 minutes. Pour into your cup; add milk and sugar to taste.
Iced tea brewing method: (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 5 tea bags into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea itself. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into the serving pitcher straining the tea bags. Add ice and top-up with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste.
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