Meadowsweet
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Filipendula ulmaria
Meadowsweet leaves and flowers contain anti-inflammatory, aspirin like chemicals called salicylates. It is calming and soothing to the digestive system without causing the damage that aspirin can. The flowers are also sweet smelling and tasting and there is chalky quality to the tea or tincture that seems to relieve an acid stomach.
Herbalists providing acute medicine and first-aid see many people with digestive issues associated with stress and from eating unfamiliar foods: Meadowsweet is a key strategy for this.
Medicine makers supplying medicines to herbalists supporting people in Northern France make a digestive lozenge that includes Meadowsweet and Marshmallow.