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Bot.: Polygala amara L.

Healing power:
- for blood cleansing

- as diuretic

- as cough medicine

- for asthma

- for lack of appetite

- for stomach trouble

- rheumatism

- goud

- kidney trouble

- In homoeopathy the remedy Polygala amara is used as cough medicine for persistent bronchial mucous.

How to use:
Pick the whole plant: roots, stems, leaves and flowers and dry it.
Recipe for the Bitter milkwort tea:
Pour 1/4 litre water on 2 dessert spoons Bitter milkwort, boil it only for a short time, then pass it through a sieve. Drink 1 cup of Bitter milkwort tea 2 to 3 times per day.

Description of the plant:
Bitter milkwort reaches a height up to 20 cm, flowers blue from Mai to August and loves moist places on meadows and pathes.

Cultivation:
By seeds.

Ingredients:
Essential oil, bitter constituents, tanning agents, saponines.