Lysimachia nummularia

Lysimachia nummularia
Family:Lysimachia nummularia; Antiscorbutic; Astringent; Diuretic; Vulnerary.
Common name:Creeping Jenny
The whole herb used fresh or dried is antiscorbutic mildly astringent diuretic and vulnerary. For drying the herb is harvested in June[4]. Creeping Jenny is a very good wound-herb the fresh leaves being bruised and applied externally to the affected area. An infusion is used to treat internal bleeding and diarrhoea.

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