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SHEPHERD'S PURSE
(Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Shepherd's heart, pick-pocket, toywort

Description: An annual with erect, simple or branching stem, 6-18 in.tall. Basal leaves are in a rosette of gray-green, pinnatifid leaves. Stem leaves are small and clasping. Tiny white flowers grow in terminal cymes. Fruit is a flattened, heart-shaped or triangular, notched pod. Common in fields, waste places, along roadsides everywhere.

Medicinal: Diuretic, styptic, hemostatic, astringent. Contains Vit.K. A tea made from fresh or dried herb (seeds or leaves) for profuse menstrual bleeding, bleeding piles, a styptic against hemorrhage, bleeding ulcers, lungs, chronic diarrhea, kidney and gall bladder problems, gastritis, stomach ulcers dysentery and as a wash for bruises. Also used to regularize blood pressure and heart action, high or low, sometimes used to promote uterine contractions during childbirth and for hemorrhage after childbirth Steep 1 tsp. of any part of the plant , 30 min. Drink cold 2 or more cups a day or as needed for tonic. Drink hot for a diaphoretic

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