Agrimony Description

Agrimony - Agrimony is a small yellow flower having a bitter taste yet a pleasant odor. Agrimony is named for an ancient Greek remedy for healing damaged eyes. Early English people used Agrimony to treat bites, wounds, and warts. The French used it to treat sprains and bruises. The dried Agrimony plant is ground into a powder and them boiled to produce the usable extract. Agrimony is thought to be a remedy for diarrhea, sore throat, and skin inflammations. Agrimony is also known as Church Steeples, Cocklebur, Liverwort, Sticklewort and Philanthropos. Agrimony is taken internally except when used to topically treat skin irritations and inflammations.