Official name: Mouse-ear hawkweed

Latin name: Hieracium pilosella

Description: Mouse-ear hawkweed is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. In Bulgaria, the herb grows in dry and sunny places pastures, mountain meadows, forest meadows and mountain places with an altitude of up to 2000m. The stem is leafless with thin and long creeping shoots. Basal leaves are fibrous, oblong, sometimes obovate to lanceolate, arranged in a basal rosette. The entire aerial part of the plant is covered with glandular hairs. The flowers are bright yellow tongues, collected in a basket inflorescence. The sheathing leaves are pointed and narrow, with black glands at the base. The fruit is a cylindrical seed with a kite of fragile hairs. Blooms from June to September.

Part of the herb: The aerial part of the plant - the stems (Herba Hieracii)

Harvest time: Mouse-ear hawkweed (Herba Hieracii) stalks are harvested at the beginning of their flowering in the months of May and June. They are dried in the shade or in a dryer at a temperature of up to 40 C and stored in dry and ventilated places.

Chemical composition/Content and properties: The chemical composition of the mouse-ear hawkweed contains organic acids (caffenic and chlorogenic), tannins, resins, coumarin, flavonoids, mineral salts, sugars, bitter and mucilaginous substances.

Medicinal action and application: The mouse ears herb has an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, astringent and disinfecting effect. It lowers blood pressure, increases urine output, removes cardiac and renal edema, lowers the level of urea in the blood, stops uterine and hemorrhoidal bleeding. The medicinal plant is used for gastrointestinal disorders, kidney stones, light bleeding of a different nature (uterine, intestinal, etc.) lung inflammations, bronchitis, boils, etc. The herb is poisonous and should only be taken under medical supervision.

Possibilities to offer at the customer’s request:

“Vesselino” LTD offers its customer’s the herb in the following varieties:

• Stems (Herba Hieracii) – dried whole, crushed, cut to a certain size according to the customer’s request, ground into powder/flour