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Alchemilla vulgaris L. - Rosaceae - syn. Alchemilla xanthochlora Rothm.
ladies mantle, lions foot, Gemeiner Frauenmantel, Marienmantel, Echter Sinau
Perennial herb, native to Central and Eastern Europe; mostly hairy, from a very thick rhizome; stems 5-50 cm; leaves reniform, 3-10 cm wide, shallowly and roundly 5-9 lobed , the lobes sharply serrate; flowers 3.5-5mm wide, in large, branched, terminal panicles.
The dried, aerial parts, collected at flowering time (May-August, Alchemilla vulgaris herb, Alchemilla, ladies mantle, Herba Alchemillae, Herba Alchemillae vulgaris, Alchemillae herba, Frauenmantelkraut) are used as astringent and anti-haemorrhagic. „The plant is considered useful in treating minor cases of diarrhoea, sore throat and externally for sores and septic wounds. Traditional uses include gynaecological ailments, especially dysmenorrhoea… High concentraions of ellagitannins (6-8%) are present, including agrimoniin, laevigatin F and pedunculagenin.“
[Medicinal Plants of the World. Ben-Erik Van Wyk and Michael Wink, Pretoria 2004, 37]
A. vulgaris is a herbal drug included in the European Pharmacopoeia (Ph.Eur.) and is quantified by its tannin content (min.6%). Plant material of commerce contained 7-10% tannins (HPLC) with mainly ellagic acid (1.5-2.5% of dried material weight).
[Characterisation of tannin‐containing herbal drugs by HPLC., Møller, C., Hansen, S.H., Cornett, C., Phytochemical analysis, Vol.20(3), 2009, 231-239]
Blackwell,E., A curious herbal, vol.1, t.72 (1737) [E.Blackwell]
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=37133