Cranesbill
Geranium maculatum L.
“The plant has been used in herbal medicine, and is also grown as a garden plant. Wild Geranium is considered an astringent, a substance that causes contraction of the tissues and stops bleeding. The Mesquakie Indians brewed a root tea for toothache and for painful nerves and mashed the roots for treating hemorrhoids.”
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geranium_maculatumrrrrrr
“Due to the high tannin content the herb it has both astringent and antiseptic properties and today’s herbal medicine employs the herb for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), diarrhea (especially in children and the elderly), dysentery, gastro-intestinal catarrh, ulcers, colitis as well as hemorrhoids.”
- http://www.herbal-supplement-resource.com/cranesbill.html
a.k.a.
alumroot, crowfoot, spotted geranium, storksbill