🪻Slavic & Eastern European Folk Medicine
Pellitory (Pyriy)
Agropyron repens
About Pellitory (Pyriy)
Pellitory (Pyriy) (Agropyron repens) is a herb used in the Slavic & Eastern European Folk Medicine tradition to help with Kidney Support, UTI, Digestive Issues, and Diuretic, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Elymus repens, commonly known as couch grass, is a very common perennial species of grass native to most of Europe, Asia, the Arctic biome, and northwest Africa. It has been brought into other mild northern climates for forage or erosion control, but is often considered a weed.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal