Cleavers (Galium aparine) - Wildcrafting and Processing
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
- How to harvest and process cleavers (Galium aparine). Learn the benefits of this lymph-helpful plant that is commonly used to treat urinary problems, swollen nodes, stagnant lymph, leg swelling, and kidney issues.
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I dry herbs in a hot car--they dry really quickly!
Yes, me too!it works really well, and then your car smells like a wonderful herb garden🌿
That’s a great idea! Thank you.
Great idea! Thank you!
😂😂😂I thought it's only me who does that......😂😂😂😂
@@kingdavie2736 Serendipity on my honeymoon--I left my bouquet in our hot car to see. Dried perfectly! I think I'm going to dry elderberries this fall like that.
I love how you emphasized doing a cold infusion. Many make a tea but in the case of Cleavers, a fresh herb cold extraction is most beneficial with this herb. Tea, tincture and juice of course is medicinal, but cold infusion just has more of the good stuff. Just be careful folks, although it is a cooling herb, it is also a drying herb. You may get a dry mouth for a little bit. Pay attention to the drying aspect. It means it is working! This herb is amazing in the Spring. A cold infusion of Cleavers with Young Stinging Nettle leaves... Aaaah, your body will think you are starting to actually care :) be careful of contraindications and warnings as per Mindy's notation at the end of this video. :)
Cleavers cured me almost immediately of Sarcoidosis. It is my friend for life.
Wow! That is miraculous!
Thanks so much for doing this video. You're the only person I've found who actually tells you how to process the cleavers! I have a lot growing out in my fallow paddocks (that, and nettles!) and I want to harvest and process both of them. Thanks for your video instruction! (BTW -- love your herb scissors!)
Mindy....40 yrs of research and I just found you/ Bravo for the step by step video and LOL your friend tossing cleavers on you!!! Love it!
Subbed.....we herbal healers love to learn more!
Such a good wholesome video. When your friend narrated the last half of the video it was so funny.
Loved that part too - great video - thank you!
I'm in the UK....loved the ice tea tasting 'tastes like grass' and the 'too lazy to talk' lol. Your style your advice and your knowledge gets a 👍! Enjoyed watching u so much I've subscribed. Thank u :)
I believe I have almost eradicated these wonderful medicinal "herbs" by hand pulling from my lawn and flowerbeds over the past 5 years. I shall see in the Spring if there will be enough to make a single jar of tincture. Amazing, to contemplate that I may have to go hunt them down now!!
I would to dedicate an area of these wild edibles to my garden but the grow wherever they want!
I have the same problem. I'm ashamed of myself for yanking them up. I still have lots of it but I will be cutting now, not yanking.
"it tastes like grass clippings with a little stevia and lemon! Yum." Hahaha I love your honesty and will be watching your channel attentively.
Grass isn’t half bad lol.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 LOL I tried a leaf today, it really was not that bad at all. Especially compared to red deadnettle...
thank you! I have had these in my garden for the past two years and of course, knew about them through the years just really got confused/stuck on which is the best way to use them. Best to just start with one method ( in my case) and then learn more about the plant etc from there. Life is too short! Luckily we have kind people like you who are willing to share their years of accumulated knowledge and experience. 🌷🌿 also just read about the seeds being a coffee substitute? have you heard of this and do the cleavers have caffeine or just the seeds? ps the voice over guy sounds like my husband! when he sees me using up all the oil.❤❤
Just the seeds roasted, and no caffine
Like the smarty pants voice over
@@Jewelmind I thought there WAS a small amount of caffeine? No?
I think it’s just the seeds that have caffeine, and not nearly as much as coffee. And it doesn’t really taste that similar either. But if you’re relying on your local field and you want a pick-me-up beverage, it’s worth a try! Add to roasted roasted chicory or dandelion for more coffee-like flavor.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 Thank you for that…
Who knew?? We have cleavers growing in our edible forest garden .. now I'm going to try your recipes instead of just angrily pulling them off my clothes and out of my hair ;)
Why not both? Lol
Thank you. Im so attracted to this plant, we have lots and now I understand its beauty. Thanks for the rawness and humor 💋💋
Thank you!
if you take cleavers and stinging nails, blend them together, sift it through a cloth or something and drink it, it's a miracle drug for eczema and psoriasis
This sounds great! I’m glad that you’ve found some relief.
I have a question about cleavers and eczema. I've read that it can be used for and helps with relieving eczema. How would you suggest utilizing it in this way?
love this Video!!! The color commentary at end is hilarious .. Very knowledgeable.. Thanks Dr. Mindy🪴👩🌾, and for your audio assistant during the oil infusion tutorial 👍 peace, love and joy Green Blessings 🧚♀
You’re Welcome!
He really does have a way with words…lol.
If I recall he was trying to demo how to voice over, for me, but I found it so hilarious that I insisted it be included in the final cut.
So snarky!!!
Very informative. Look at all those cleavers! 👍
Glad you like them!
I am having a bumper harvest of Galium aparine commonly known as Sticky willy this year.
Get ‘em before they ball up and attack your socks!
Thank you for sharing 3 great ways for me to use my cleaver, lol funny voice over at the end.
Great video
Thank you!
Hi and thank you for sharing your knowledge! Where did you get the water bottle? I've seen many with the infusion near the part you drink from but not like the one you shared. Many thanks
It’s a cold-brew glass bottle. Amazon has here:
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What happens to the hairs when you've dried the cleavers and made the oil? I ask because I get a puffy, itchy rash when the hairs of fresh cleavers get embedded in my skin. I'm worried that drying it will make them worse, especially for an oil meant to be rubbed into the skin. Strangely enough, if I blend cleavers fresh into a smoothie, I don't have a problem.
OMG, loved the guy who narrated the part where you didn't record audio. :)
Thank you for this excellent video!
You should be able to sieve out any hairs. My impression is that they become more like dry straw when dried, less like vicious razor wire. The blending bursts the turgid plant walls that make these so fierce!
Whoever narrated the end of this was hilarious 😂
Great info, love your voice over person, had me cracking up!
Thanks so much!
Wonderful Information thank you so much for showing so many ways to make it.
Thanks for the video. Been pulling this out if my garden for years. Now I've been letting the weeds grow and have close the 20 different wild medicinal plants growing.
I have read online that some people may be allergic to cleavers. Is there a way I can tell before consuming this?
Allergies are really very personal. Unless your close genetic family member has a known allergy to cleavers, you probably won’t know until you try it. Someone somewhere is allergic to any herb or medicine that you can use. That said, I haven’t seen or heard of much allergic reactions to cleavers, unless they’ve ripped your skin or the seeds have ground into your blisters, and that’s probably more mechanical damage causing inflammation than an allergy.
Great video, I just went out and harvested a large pot full of cleavers. Pretty excited to juice some and do tincture. I washed them so many times..I had to. There were milions of tiny bugs and eggs on the branch parts..way way too many gallons to try and clean them.... so..the worm bin got the whole works.Pretty sad.
Wow! Where I’m at I rarely see any bugs on these. Sorry to hear that yours are problematic.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 Honestly, it was abit heartbreaking...this would have been my first time harvesting this, and there is quite a large patch. Oh well. Worm bin dudes liked it. Its almost gone. Cheers
Thank you
Thank you
Thank you.
Lol love the speaker at the end lmbo
Much love xoxox
Thanks for sharing!!!
Will cleavers be effective for urinary issues and for swelling if I dry the cleavers after they’re done flowering? Someone else wrote that they aren’t effective if they’re dried.
Dried cleavers will retain plenty of vitamins and minerals, but their lymphatic and diuretic properties may not be as effective when dried. The longer they sit, the less medicinal they will be. Herb constituents can degrade with time, so you would want to use them promptly, preferably within 3 months. Don’t expect much more than minerals after a year. Alcohol extraction (tincture) will help preserve these constituents over time. A cold infusion of fresh herb is preferred for urinary issues or swollen lymph.
Thank you very much!
I bet brewing this with hibiscus would be good.
That could work! The hibiscus just might cover that grassy taste. Hopefully the cleavers don’t impart any unpleasant aftertaste that reduces the pleasure of a strong Hibiscus tea.
Thank you so much for sharing this! I'm 99% sure the weeds that have popped up in my garden this summer are cleavers, but unfortunately they've decided the pots with plants already in em are their home 😅
Would it possible to use root powder on the cuttings so I can replant?
Lol, I have never tried to transplant them. Usually they become so overgrown everywhere that I feel few qualms about removing them completely from unwanted places before they seed and defile all passing socks. They always show up again next year anyway. Maybe let one seed, then plant those seeds where you prefer?
Thank you!
Hi so glad I found you I'm having a tea now of this herb my first time. I would love to talk to you sometime.
I’m glad that you enjoyed my video! There’s so much free medicine growing everywhere here!
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 Oh I saw this from you. Yes I know I have been foraging and putting up teas from dandelion and plantain rose's lol no more pulling weeds they are so beautiful in the gardens here. I've been picking selfheal also for a tincture I'm so excited. have an awesome day and thank you.
Hello, just found your channel...sooo i didn't quite undersrand, is it ok to use it after it produces the fruits? This year the garden was completely covered with it, and i pulled out a big part of it, like...piles of it. And then, i found out about its uses 😄. I still have piles of it in the woodened area of the garden where i didn't bother as much with cleaning...i just pulled it out to allow grass to grow because it had formed a net over everything. I think this year was so bad because last year my husband used the grass trimmer, so all the seeds flew all over the place 😂
You can roast them ,grind them and make coffee with the seeds .
The seeds just make it much more unpleasant to work with. The seeds themselves can be collected and have been traditionally roasted and then used in coffee substitute type roasted beverages.
How do you use tinctures and extracts? I have made mint extract and use that in baking etc, but how would you use cleavers in this way? Thank you so much for the great video!
Medicinal tinctures are often taken just added to a small glass of water or fruit juice.
Personally I mix my morning tinctures with my morning herbal powders, then add almond milk and a few drops of stevia, then chug it all down.
We amended with horse manure and now every year we get cleavers and I have never done anything nutritionally with cleavers. I have used kudzu for decades.
Use the weeds! Get ‘em before they get your socks lol.
Thanks maam
You’re Welcome!
What about using a dehydrator? Like on the lowest setting. Ty
That would be excellent! The end product will have better green color due to faster drying.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 what temp and how long for dehydrate r?
@@forsalebymb on my dehydrator I set my temp to 100- 110 and dry 1-3 hours just keep checking untill all are dried! I dry all my herbs this way but never over 110 degree
@@kimmurray1699 thanks
Thanks for the video Dr. Mindy! I am just about to make a cleavers oil now, with cleavers from my garden. How long do you need to leave them to dry for? Do they need to be bone dry?
Mostly dry at least. Moisture will allow your oil to spoil or go rancid quicker. These should dry quickly, less than a week probably, if in a dry room.
Lmaoooooo @lawn clippings! 😂😂😂😂 Girl, have you tried Purple Dead Nettle? 😳 It taste s like dirt. I mean it really tastes like dirt. 😳 I didn't wash it so maybe that's why? 🤔 If it does, in fact taste that way, I couldn't do a juice of it. 😵
Lol, yes a number of herbs are on the “earthy” side of grass clippings. Do try a good wash before judging though…
Hi I am new to your channel and loving it. I have a mild case of skin psoriasis and heard that cleaver balm would help. I have harvested some and am letting it dry. What are your thoughts on cleaver or is there something else I might try?
Thank you
Cleavers balm is worth a try.
I’m currently editing a Balm of Gilead video that might be helpful for you. Keep an eye out in the next week for it.
Psoriasis is often an external expression of more internal imbalance. I have seen some cases of full body psoriasis clear up only after removing drugs and alcohol, AND especially removing food sensitivities. Try a WHOLE 30 diet challenge to try to identify foods that you may not be able to tolerate. It’s not a perfect elimination diet, but a good easy one to start with. Slow single food reintroduction is the key important step to figuring this out.
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 interesting. My ex husband had a pretty good case of psoriasis going and that developed with constant drug use (hence X-husband) but cleared up after he sobered up. I always had a feeling it was related. Thanks for validating that for me
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Did he say put cleaver oil in refrigerator..if so how long before ready to use?
Let it sit in the fridge for a couple weeks before straining. Herb oils can spoil while the herb is soaking (especially if they’re not completely dried out). Refrigeration usually stops this, and once the plant is removed it should be fine at room temp for a while until the oils themselves go rancid. This inevitable process can be slowed by refrigeration of the strained oil if you’re not using it promptly.
How do you use tinctures,?
Usually add dose (drops to spoonfuls) into water, juice or milk, or into a smoothie, then chug it down.
How long does the tincture stay good.
The “best buy” date on home tinctures is something like 5 years, but old herbalists will tell you that they can stay effective much longer if kept in containers that don’t degrade (like the pipet topped jars-the plastic in the pipet and some lids tends to break down after ~5 years, making the tincture gross and contaminated. If you change out the lids on your “expired” tinctures, they can last many more years, although effectiveness may decrease over long time. If you smell it and it smells nearly the same as fresh, no bad discoloration, no weird texture changes, then it probably has some photochemical activity left.
Why throw the dry ones away, if you are going to dry them anyway?
I dry mine in a cool dark place as they dry easily. Ones dried in the sun and the nature will taste different, probably have some nutrients bleached out by the radiation ball in the sky.
Is it ok to use while breastfeeding? I have found the tincture and would like to try this
Herbalists say its very safe for everyone, even during pregnancy. They note that no major adverse events have been reported despite long widespread history of use. Medical experts say that there hasn’t been enough studies on cleavers to rule out potential harms. So there’s that.
Would this be good for someone who has lymphodima?
Yes. Lymphedema is probably the main indication for the use of cleavers. Ocatillo is also good for that, especially if congested pelvic lymph nodes. Phytolacca is also used for this.
@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 do we have to wash the cleaver before we use it please kindly I ask thanks
How often can you drink the cold infusion cleave tea?
This is one of those herbs that is nourishing and building and gentle enough to be taken daily.
I make a big batch and sip on it all day. The anti-inflammatory benefits are amazing! I always feel so good drinking this. I have a tincture going, 4 more weeks, ugh! 🤣
Hey there! I found a cleavers instagram video this week, and I decided to try infused water. Very sadly I had the most horrendous diarrhea all day 🙈(sorry guys) like it was super bad. Does this mean I’m allergic or something?😅
Yikes! That’s unusual. Cleavers have been used to treat diarrhea due to its astringency.
The question that I would want to know is was this caused by the cleavers, or just happened on the same day without direct causation?
Sometimes people try new herbs or foods, then have some random health problem, say a cold or…diarrhea…that they would have had anyway…but now they’re convinced that it’s caused by the new thing even though it’s just coincidental that the two things happened together.
So, yes, you may be sensitive to cleavers. Anyone can be sensitive to anything as per their own special constitution. But before you blame cleavers, try it again on a day you feel otherwise solid. See if it happens again. That would be better evidence of sensitivity than a one off of a symptom common to a variety of other issues.
Also, how much did you take? I could see an abnormally high dose causing such a problem. If you drank a gallon of strong infusion in a day, that’s probably too much.
Try just one or two cups and see what happens. If you get the runs, then this herb probably isn’t your best choice personally.
I have not done anything with the cleavers yet.
Give ‘em a try!
I don’t think I have nettles. I don’t know how to ID them if I do!
They’re pretty easy to identify. If you touch them and you get painfully stung, you just might have nettles!
@@dr.mindya.curryndpassionfo7590 They look so much like lemon balm. I don't think I have nettles anywhere. I was going to drink cleaver juice today. My Mom died with lipidemia. Lymphoma? She died in 2011. I will be playing with the cleaver in my yard and trying different things. I make brownies with kudzu leaves. It helps.
Does it have a red tint on the stem of the cleaver weed?
Maybe...
Mostly you’ll know cleavers by their grip on your clothes, the little balls that stick to your socks, the long stems and little white flowers.
There’s not many other plants that attach to you like velcro the way cleavers do.
I have some in my yard that have red stems.
Square stem with so e radish.
How do I get it off my cat I tried combs but he keeps trying to bit me and scratch
Ouch! The little balls? Yeah they’re little vicious monsters. Pull and comb is all I know…
I combed them quite easily with a flea comb…..
Oh, I SO disagree with ripping it up by the root!
Ok, you do you. Here it’s a real nuisance mostly, invading paths and gardens. It has to be weeded in many areas. Might as well make some medicine with that rather obnoxious sock defiler!
The city drained that swamp and put in a creek and ponds with a boardwalk. Now instead of soaking old tires, there’s a bourgeoning migratory bird (and nutria) sanctuary in that impassable muck of invasive grasses (removed) and quicksand. That exact spot is a trail now, lined with planted native medicinal bushes and trees.
I don’t regret a thing.
Wow, listen to the murder of crows.😮
Can you use the balls o r not
The cleavers seed balls can be used, and probably have similar uses, but haven’t really been studied for medicinal use this way.
These balls are quite formidable, will stick to any fabric, or even hair. I tend to avoid them at this stage due to past prolonged battles over possession of my socks, which I definitively lost.
Cleaver balls (dried end of season) have, however, been used as a coffee substitute as the have a mild coffee-like flavor when roasted.
Here’s a nice link about how:
www.wildwalks-southwest.co.uk/how-to-make-wild-cleaver-coffee/