Tormentil (Potentilla erecta), dried stalk, Bilkaria, 30 g

Tormentil
Potentilla erecta (L.) Raush.
Other names: Septfoil, Erect cinquefoil

The herb grows out of damp meadows, dirty places and peat bogs, but also on rocky places in the foothills and mountain belt of all Bulgarian mountains.

Perennial herbaceous plant with straight or underlying, branched and hairy stems, 1530 cm tall. The roots are usually short and thick, dark brown outside and red on the inside.

The herb contains the glycosides tormentin and tormentol, quinic and ellagic acid, up to 35% tannins (mainly catechins and catechinic phalphenes), gummy substance, essential oil, wax, starch, etc.

Tormentil - dried stalk

Application: as an aid in fibroids, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, dysentery, periodontitis, etc.

Method of preparation: 2 teaspoons of the herb are boiled for 3 minutes in 500 ml of water. Strain and drink in 3 equal portions the day before meals.

Packign: 30 g