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A herb that grows to a height of 30-80 cm in large parts of Europe, but also in the Near East and North America. It is characterized by its square stems and spiky, curled leaves, which are reminiscent of needle tips, as well as small golden-yellow flowers in panicles and later smooth, black fruits. It flowers from May to September.
The name refers to its ability to curdle milk, similar to the rennet ferment in the stomach. Rennet was used to make cheese. The "rennet ferment" contained in the plant sap is a protease that coagulates milk with the plant's polyphenols.
The dried aerial parts of the plant, rennet - Galii veri herba- are used phytotherapeutically.
A distinction is made between burdock bedstraw.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/labkraut.php
Blaschek W (2015) Wichtl tea drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Munich. S 281-282
