Anthyllis vulneraria
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Anthyllis vulneraria [1] ('Common kidneyvetch, Kidney vetch) is a medicinal plant[2] native to Europe.
Also known as woundwort; vulneraria means "wound healer".
Anthyllis is little known today but was traditionally used to relieve spasms, detoxify, reduce swelling, and promote wound healing.
Elisabeth Sigmund rediscovered anthyllis, finding it normalized both oily and dry conditions as well as severely irritated skin. Anthyllis has a generally stimulating and normalizing effect on the skin.
Kidney vetch is the foodplant of the small blue butterfly larvae.
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Anthyllis vulneraria". Image Credit.
