Bloodroot: a multifaceted medicinal herb

Bloodroot grows in the woods and in wet grasslands of the alpine zone (in Italy). It’s a perennial plant gathered between June and August, at flowering time. It’s broken into pieces and dried in the shadow. The root instead is gathered in autumn.

It has astringent, healing and haemostatic properties.

Bloodroot decoction is used to treat dysentery, diarrhea and urinary incontinence:
20 g (0.70 oz) in 1 l of boiling hot water. Boil for 10 minutes then let it stand. Drain and drink 5 cups per day.

To prepare tonic wine, soak 70 g (2.46 oz) of root in 1 l of Port wine for one week. Drink 1-3 glasses daily.

In case of stomatitis, ulcerations and aptha you can use the decoction or infusion externally (40 g (1.41 oz) of dried plant in 1 l of water for 15 minutes) to have mouthwashes.
It can be used also for vaginal irrigations in case of whites and inflammations and to make compresses in case of burns.

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