Cleavers is in the Madder family and can also be called everlasting friendship. You can eat the whole plant. It is perhaps the best tonic for the lymphatic system. Cleavers is also helpful for dry skin. Native Americans believed cleavers removed freckles, they also believed when they ate the root, their bones would turn red. Cleavers seeds are a nice coffee substitute, it merely has to be dried and lightly roasted and has almost the same flavor as coffee.
