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Traditional Uses
Agrimony was one of the most famous vulnerary herbs. The Anglo-Saxons called it Garclive and believed that it healed wounds, snake bites and warts
In North America, it was used, with great success, by the Indians and Canadians for fevers .
In the Middle Ages, it was considered to have magic powers, if laid under a man's head, by inducing heavy sleep till removed.
Current uses
Agrimony is a diuretic and is used in treating liver complaints. It is also considered a useful agent in treating skin eruptions and diseases of the blood, pimples and blotches.
A strong decoction of the root and leaves, sweetened with honey or sugar, has been taken successfully to cure scrofulous sores, being administered two or three times a day, in doses of a wineglassful, persistently for several months.
The same decoction is also often employed in rural districts as an application to ulcers.
