Images of Shepherd's Purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris

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Twenty-four images of Shepherd's Purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Cruiferae or Brassicaceae, mustard family, native to Europe, naturalized in North America. An important herb to allay bleeding internally and externally. It is a bitter aromatic herb, sharp and unpleasant to the taste that is best-known to herbalists for its specific property of stopping bleeding internally in the stomach, lungs, for nosebleed, uterine bleeding and in particular bleeding from the kidneys.