Alpine cuff
Alpine mantle is one of the plants of the family called Rosaceae; in Latin the name of this plant will be as follows: Alchimilla alpina L.
As for the name of the Alpine cuff family itself, in Latin it will be: Rosaceae Juss.
Description of the Alpine cuff
Alpine mantle is a perennial herbaceous plant whose height will vary between five and eighteen centimeters. The length of the root leaves will not exceed two and a half centimeters, and the width will not be more than three and a half centimeters. In outline, such leaves can be either semicircular or broadly kidney-shaped; on top they are colored in dark green tones, they will be somewhat glossy, and from below such leaves are silvery with pubescence. The stem leaves of the alpine cuff are reduced and few in number. The inflorescence of this plant is compressed and weakly branched, the flowers of the alpine cuff are in dense spherical glomeruli, their diameter will be about two to three and a half centimeters, and their color will be yellowish-green.
Alpine mantle blooms from June to August. Under natural conditions, this plant is found in the European Arctic. As for the general distribution, the alpine mantle can be found in the mountains of Southern Europe and Greenland. For growth, this plant prefers stream valleys, rocks and grassy lawns.
Description of the medicinal properties of Alpine cuff
Alpine mantle is endowed with very valuable healing properties, and it is recommended to use the herb of this plant for medicinal purposes. The concept of grass includes the flowers, leaves and stems of this plant.
The presence of such valuable healing properties should be explained by the content of tannins, choline, glucose, fructose, phenols, lignin, lecithin, higher aliphatic hydrocarbon octacosan, oleic and linoleic acid in this plant. In European countries, an infusion prepared from the herb of this plant is used as a very effective wound-healing and diuretic.
As a diuretic, it is recommended to use the following remedy based on alpine mantle: to prepare such a healing remedy, you will need to take ten grams of crushed dry herbs of this plant per glass of boiling water. The resulting healing mixture should be infused for about two hours, and then this mixture based on Alpine cuff should be very carefully filtered. Take the resulting healing mixture based on this plant three times a day, one or two tablespoons, thirty to forty minutes before meals as a diuretic. It is noteworthy that the same infusion based on this plant in the form of lotions can also be used as a wound healing agent. It should be noted that in order to achieve the greatest effectiveness when taking such a medicinal product based on the alpine cuff, it is recommended not only to strictly follow all the rules for preparing such a medicinal product, but also to carefully follow all the rules for taking this remedy based on the alpine cuff. It is important to remember that if such a remedy is properly prepared and taken, a positive result will be noticeable quite quickly.
It should be noted that due to insufficient knowledge of the chemical composition of this plant, it is possible that new ways of using the medicinal properties of the alpine mantle may emerge, which will also prove to be very effective.
