SANICLE. Sanicula europaea. N.O. Umbelliferae.
Synonym : Pool Root, Wood Sanicle.
Habitat : Woods and shady places.
Features : Stem nearly simple, reddish, furrowed, up to two feet high. Leaves radical, palmate. long-stalked, glossy green above, paler underneath, serrate, nearly three inches across. White, sessile flowers, blooming in June and July. Taste astringent, becoming acrid.
Part used : Herb.
Action : Astringent, alterative.
With more powerful alteratives in blood impurities. As an astringent in diarrhoea and leucorrhcea. Wineglass doses of the ounce to pint (boiling water) infusion are taken. Claims have been made for this herb in the treatment of consumption, and Skelton has given publicity to alleged cures. These cases are not now considered to have been proved.
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