Description
Shepherds’s purse (Capsella bursa pastoris) is an annual in the mustard family. It looks like a miniature dandelion before it begins to flower. Cut the top half of the plant when it has formed its little heart-shaped “purses” and make a tincture to stop bleeding. Midwives dealing with postpartum hemorrage and menopausal women who bleed heavily praise the prompt effectiveness of dropperful doses
