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Fragaria vesca Rosaceae

Wild Strawberry

Appears in
Complete Book of Herbs

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1991

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The wild strawberry contains vitamins A and C and both the leaves and the fruit have been used in herbal medicine for centuries.
An infusion made from the young leaves is beneficial for anaemia and nervousness and as a tonic for the kidneys. It is said that the distinguished eighteenth-century botanist Carl Linnaeus cured himself of gout by administering an infusion of strawberry leaves and a diet of the fresh fruit. Add the fruit to drinks to cool away feverishness. Use strawberry root in a decoction for use as a general tonic and a diuretic.

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