The tender shoots can be boiled and buttered as a vegetable.
Cleavers plant medicine.
A red dye is obtained from a decoction of the root it is said to dye bones red.
Cleavers belongs to the coffee family and its seeds have been ground to make cleavers coffee.
Cleavers is a versatile herb from the rubiaceae family of flowering plants which also includes gardenia and noni.
Fruits of the cleavers can be collected and dried then roasted for use as a coffee substitute.
Cleavers herb contains many health boosting properties such as anti inflammatory diuretic and febrifuge abilities.
The whole plant is rich in vitamin c.
Nutritional profile of cleavers.
Cleavers was used as a love medicine by one native american tribe.
The leaves and stems can be used as leaf vegetable although it is very sticky so it will not blend well in a salad.
Cleavers herb which is known scientifically as galium aparine has long been used in alternative medicine and is still used by herbalists today.
Gerard writes of cleavers as a marvelous remedy for the bites of snakes spiders and all venomous creatures.
Cleavers have historically been known as a medicinal plant although it is food too.
As a pulp it has been used to relieve poisonous bites and stings.
Galium aparine commonly known as cleavers is an herbaceous annual plant from the rubiaceae family of flowering plants which also includes gardenia and noni the plant is native to wide region of europe north africa and asia from britain and the canary islands to japan.
Folk herbalists have treasured cleavers throughout history for its amazing rejuvenating plant medicine.
Encyclopedia of herbal medicine by andrew chevallier fnimh natural herbal living magazine.
With its tiny star shaped white blossoms and slender green leaves the cleavers herb can be found growing freely in fields forests and around gardens in north america europe asia and parts of.
The plant s hook like bristles soften when boiled.
To make a poultice the entire plant is used and applied directly to the affected area.
It is sometimes referred to as goosegrass barweed and clives.
It typically grows in dense mats in woodlands farmlands and town or country gardens.
The infusion of plant was used as a bath by women who wished to be successful in love.
Poultices and washes made from cleavers were traditionally used to treat a variety of skin ailments light wounds and burns.
Cleavers galium aparine are tenacious annuals growing in dense mats in loamy nitrogen rich meadows forests thickets and along seashores in the temperate climates of europe northern africa asia and north america with its square shaped stem and sticky hairs they manage to stick to whatever passes them by earning them memorable nicknames like velcro plant grip grass and.
Cleavers ability to spread rapidly even becoming invasive has earned it a reputation for being a tenacious weed.
It can be used on bread in sandwiches and sautéed.
Its chopped leaves and stem can be made into soups and stews.