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Submitted by admin on Mon, 02/28/2022 - 02:54
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  • Common Name

    Meadowsweet

  • Botanical Name

    Filipendula ulmaria

  • Part Used

    Herb

  • Clinical Summary

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  • Alcohol

    30%

  • Dose

    20 to 120mL weekly

Meadowsweet is one of the best digestive remedies available especially as an antacid for heartburn. It is an astringent and anti-inflammatory herb that is commonly used for excessive diarrhoea, ulcers, pain, stomach aches, fevers, arthritis and gout. It has also been administered as a diuretic to increase urine output in people with kidney or bladder infections. 

Each batch of our meadowsweet liquid extract is tested to ensure there isn’t more than 10ppm of methyl salicylate (the legal limit).

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A guide to Meadowsweet and its properties

  • Traditional Use

    Modern-day aspirin owes its origins to the salicin content isolated from meadowsweet in the early 1800s. In fact the name aspirin relates to this herb's former genus name Spiracea. The name meadowsweet would appear to accurately describe the plant, given the sweet scented frothy white flowers and its favoured growing locations, but the name is in fact a corruption of the old medieval name ‘meadesweet’, stemming from the days when the plant was added as a flavouring agent during the brewing of mead. The flowers are still used today to add flavour to some summer ales. It is also described in old European herbals including those of John Gerard (The Herball, 1597) and Nicholas Culpeper (The English Physician, 1652)

  • Actions

    Anti-inflammatory, antacid, urinary antiseptic, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, stomachic

  • Indications

    •    Heartburn, indigestion, gastric reflux, hyperacidity, gastritis, peptic ulcers, flatulence, diarrhoea, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome
    •    To support healthy connective tissue, muscles and joints, arthritic conditions Rheumatic conditions including gout
    •    Urinary disorders including kidney and bladder calculi, cystitis

  • Energetics

    Cold, dry

  • Use in Pregnancy

    Safety unknown.

  • Contraindications & Cautions

    People who are salicylate-sensitive should not take meadowsweet. People taking anticoagulant medicines should use this herb with caution as increased bruising is theoretical possibility. Suspend use of concentrated extracts one week before major surgery to avoid increasing bleeding risk.

  • Drug Interactions

    Caution with anticoagulant/antiplatelet drugs including warfarin and aspirin.

  • Dietary Information

    Vegan friendly. Gluten and dairy free

  • Substitutes

    Chamomile, Marshmallow, Elder Flowers, Vervain, White Willow, Lime Flowers