COMMON NAME
Standardized: meadowsweet
Other: queen-of-the-meadow
BOTANICAL NAME
Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim.
Plant Family: Rosaceae
OVERVIEW
Meadowsweet is one of the most common herbs, growing wild throughout Europe and Asia, and naturalized to grow throughout North America's Eastern coast. It was one of the three sacred herbs renowned by Druids, along with vervain and water-mint.
PARTS USED
Dried aerial portions.
TYPICAL PREPARATIONS
In tea infusions, as a capsule or extract and sometimes included in food. The flowers are used as a natural sweetener for teas, foods and other beverages.
PRECAUTIONS
Use in persons with sensitivity to aspirin or other salicylate-containing drugs is cautioned.
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