Description

Galium aparine, with many common names including cleavers, clivers, "bort", bedstraw, goosegrass, catchweed, stickyweed, robin-run-the-hedge, sticky willow, stickyjack, stickeljack, and grip grass, is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae.

The species is native to a wide region of Europe, North Africa and Asia from Britain and the Canary Islands to Japan. It is now naturalized throughout most of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, some oceanic islands and scattered locations in Africa. It is considered a noxious weed in many places.

For some people, skin contact with Galium aparine causes an unpleasant localized rash known as contact dermatitis.

Medicinal Action and Uses

Diuretic - Cleavers is a reliable diuretic used to help clean gravel and urinary stones and to treat urinary infections.

Lymphatic tonic - Herbalists have long regarded cleavers as a valuable lymphatic tonic and diuretic. The cleansing action makes cleavers useful in treating conditions like psoriasis and arthritis, which benefit from purifying the blood.

Skin Complaints - Cleavers is calming to skin irritations, and has an astringent and antiseptic action, making this herb good for healing wounds. It will reduce inflammation, detoxify and and cleanse the skin so can be used to treat eczema, dermatitis, and psoriasis, as well as boils and abscesses.

Packaging

Product is supplied in Resealable Foil Bags.