AVENS
Latin Name: Geum Urbanum
Family: Rosaceae
Height: 60cm
Dark green leaves, yellow petals surround a brown centre.
Appears in spring, flowering later in the year. Seed heads consist of a ball of seeds with their long tails radiating outwards
giving a spiky appearance.
Used by human herbalists for a variety of intestinal disturbances and conditions
affecting the mucus membrane of the mouth and throat.
Constituents: Essential oils with gein and eugenol; tannins; bitter
principle; flavone; resin; organic acids..
Actions: Astringent, styptic, diaphoretic, aromatic.
Sources: Avens is included in the Galen's Garden's Hedgerow Herbs blend of 20 different herbs and wild plants.
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Herbs and Wild Plants
Constituents and Actions
Agrimony |
Avens |
Borage |
Calendula |
Cats Claw |
Celery |
Chanca Piedra |
Chickweed |
Chicory |
Cleavers |
Coltsfoot |
Comfrey |
Cornsilk |
Dandelion |
Echinacea |
Elder Flower |
Fennel |
Fenugreek |
Garlic |
Goats Rue |
Golden Rod |
Groundsel |
Inula |
Lemon Balm |
Maca |
Mallow |
Marshmallow |
Meadowsweet |
Melilot |
Milk Thistle |
Mouse Ear |
Nettles |
Parsley |
Plantain |
Raspberry Leaf |
Red Clover |
Rosehip |
Shepherds Purse |
Suma |
Valerian |
Yarrow
Herb uses, myths and herb/drug interactions
From Harvard Medical School's Consumer Health Information