Wild strawberry
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The wild strawberry is a herbaceous, perennial, rhizome-forming plant native to Europe and northern Asia. It thrives on forest edges and in clearings. The wild strawberry grows as a rosette perennial and reaches a height of 5.0 to 25 cm. The leaves are trifoliolate, long-stalked with sharply serrated margins. The flowers of the wild strawberry are white; they have 5 petals. The flowering period is between April and June. The red fruits (pseudo-fruits: the actual fruits are the small hard-shelled nutlets visible on the surface), the actual "wild strawberries", form in late summer. The young leaves collected during the flowering period in May and June, as well as the root and the berries are used for natural medicine.
Forest strawberries, garden strawberries, cinnamon strawberries and hill strawberries are used phytotherapeutically. The dried leaves (strawberry leaves - Fragariae folium) are used.
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Fragaria vesca is the parent plant of:
- Folia Fragariae, also called Herba Fragariae (strawberry leaves)
- Fructus Fragariae (the strawberry fruit = false fruit)
- Rhizoma Fragariae (strawberry root).
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Ingredients (Folia Fragariae):
Strawberry leaves contain tannins, ellagitannins, flavonoids (quercetin, quercitrin, kaempferol), leukoanthocyanins, and in small amounts also ascorbic acid and essential oil.
Ingredients (Fructus Fragariae):
The fruits of the wild strawberry contain: salicylic acid, sugar, pectin and flavonoids. They serve as a tea admixture.
Ingredients (Rhizoma Fragariae):
Rhizoma Fragariae, the strawberry roots, contain up to 10% tanning agents. They are used as astringents.
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Cosmetic use:
- Fragaria vesca extract (INCI): Extract of wild strawberry used in cosmetic formulations as a skin care product.
- Fragaria vesca fruit (INCI): Extract of the dried wild strawberry used in cosmetic formulations as a skin care product.
- Fragaria vesca juice (INCI): Extract from the pulp (pseudo-fruit) of the dried wild strawberry used in cosmetic formulations as a skin care product
- Fragaria vesca leaf extract (INCI): Extract from the leaves of the wild strawberry used in cosmetic formulations as a skin care product.
- Fragaria vesca seed (INCI): Extract from the seeds of the wild strawberry. The extract has skin caring and astringent effects.
Folk medicine application:
- In folk medicine the fresh wild strawberry is used for liver and gall bladder problems, heart complaints, anaemia, as a general tonic and for bronchitis. Due to its tannin content, wild strawberry leaves are used as a remedy for diarrhoea, stomach and intestinal disorders.
- Preparation: To make tea, pour 250 ml of boiling water over 2-3 heaped teaspoons of finely chopped leaves and strain after 15 minutes. The tea can also be used for gargling and rinsing with inflamed mucous membranes.
LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Burger A et al. (1993) Fragaria vesca In Hunnius, Pharmaceutical Dictionary. De Gruyter Publishers. S. 570
- Lalit Kanodia et al (2011) Effect of fruit extract of Fragaria vesca L. on experimentally induced inflammatory bowel disease in albino rats. Indian J Pharmacol 43: 18-22
- https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/strawberry.php