"The good women in the North of England apply the leaves to their breasts, to make them recover their form, after they have been swelled with milk. Hence it has got the name of Ladies' Mantle". So states Sir John Hill who recommends its use...
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"The good women in the North of England apply the leaves to their breasts, to make them recover their form, after they have been swelled with milk. Hence it has got the name of Ladies' Mantle". So states Sir John Hill who recommends its use also for those frightening "bloody fluxes", so common in eighteenth-century medical literature The Compendious Herbal at the beginning of the century commends it for even more evocative ills, "Traumatick Apozems".
Modern commentators (see Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism) suggest that ladies mantle developed a reputation in the Middle Ages out of proportion to its actual use, although this was increased by the fact that the funnel-shaped folded leaves caught the morning dew (Alchemilla = little magical one) which was itself a valuable constituent of many medicines. The lowland Alchemilla vulgaris and the upland species, A. alpina both with soft downy leaves and heads of greenish flowers are the plants of the herbals and are the ones to be grown if verisimilitude is important.
But from a visual point of view a bigger plant from Asia Minor is the best garden plant. This is the lovely Alchemilla mollis, which arrived too late for effective assumption of magical properties. Here the grey-green velvet leaves support a mound of lime-green flowers in early summer. It takes any spot in shade or sun, seeding into cracks of paving and retaining walls. Deadheading may be desirable if it is not to overstay its welcome but spare seedlings are usually welcomed by anyone who sees it. It looks superb billowing about the base of a statuesque clump of angelica.
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Directions
Stir 1/4 of a teaspoon into a glass of water and consume 3 times daily, with meals.
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