Meadowsweet is used for colds, heartburn, arthritis, bladder infections, and other conditions. This herb contains tannins, flavonoids, ellagitannins, and salicylic acid. These compounds, among others, may have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
For centuries, it’s been used in traditional medicine to alleviate joint pain, heartburn, and digestive upsets.
In traditional medicine Meadowsweet has been used for:
heartburn,
stomach ulcers,
colds,
joint pain,
arthritis, and
gout.
It’s also been administered as a diuretic to increase urine output in people with kidney or bladder infections.
In studies on rodents the herb has been shown to inhibit certain steps in the inflammatory process, decrease inflammatory blood markers, and reduce heightened responses to pain that are associated with inflammation.
There’s also speculation that the herb may relieve severe joint pain associated with gout, a form of arthritis characterized by a buildup of uric acid in the blood and crystallized uric acid around the joints as it has been found that the compounds in meadowsweet can block xanthine oxidase, an enzyme involved in the production of uric acid
