Bellis, Daisy
Consolida minor, Bruisewort
Flora von Deutschland (16), Kohler, 1884
Botanical name:
Bellis perennis
Greater and Lesser varieties were known and used.
Parts used:
Herb, fresh or dried
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet
Bellis perennis
Greater and Lesser varieties were known and used.
Parts used:
Herb, fresh or dried
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Sweet
Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Stops Pain:
-bruising from Trauma, all types of Swellings, Aches and Pains associated with Blood stasis.
-fresh plant tincture is taken for Lumps, Thickening, Knots or Kernals of the flesh following Trauma (ie. Hematoma)
-internally and externally for Swellings and Lumps of the Breast.
-Heart Pain, Myocarditis
-Venous Congestion.
-Joint Pain associated with heat and/or blood stagnation; Gout and hot Swollen Joints
2. Clears Liver Heat:
-Liver heat: Headache, Red Eyes, Irritability etc
-Hepatitis, Fever from Liver Heat.
-Depression and Lack of Clarity of thought, and was also
-‘a most excellent remedy’ against Hectic Fever
3. Clears Heat, Benefits the Eyes:
-all types of eye disorders coming from Heat and Inflammation.
-as an Eyewash or an ointment around the eyes
-fresh juice was dropped into ‘Running Eyes’.
-some older herbalists claimed it to be superior to other eye herbs.
4. Externally:
-all internal and external Wounds
-Ulcers of the Mouth, Tongue and Throat, as well as of the Genitals.
-fresh Leaves are bruised and applied to all types of Inflammations including those of the Breast and Testicles.
-ointment is applied to Wounds with Inflammation.
-Hernias and other Ruptures.
Main Combinations:
1. Internal Bleeding, with Walnut leaf (Meyer)
2. Bleeding from the Lungs, with Willow leaf, Periwinkle, Knotgrass (Meyer)
3. Consumption, with Snails, Pearl Barley, Sea Holly root as a decoction (Fuller)
4. Myocarditis, with Hawthorn berry and Calendula (Wonder in Weeds, W. Smith)
5. As a wash for knots, kernels and swellings, with Agrimony
Cautions:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water
1. Conserve of Daisy:
i. Daisy flowers (1 part), Sugar (2 parts). Beat together.
2. Syrup of the Juice of Daisy:
i. Daisy juice, depurated and reduced to half by evaporation (9 oz.), Sugar (16 oz.). Boil, strain. (Pharmacopoeia Wirtembergica, 1798)
None noted
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water
1. Conserve of Daisy:
i. Daisy flowers (1 part), Sugar (2 parts). Beat together.
2. Syrup of the Juice of Daisy:
i. Daisy juice, depurated and reduced to half by evaporation (9 oz.), Sugar (16 oz.). Boil, strain. (Pharmacopoeia Wirtembergica, 1798)
Use during Last Trimester:
‘In the last month of pregnancy, some ladies will complain that it is difficult for them to walk about. A very short walk seems to tire them out. Here Tr. Bellis Perennis (English daisy) is the remedy, 5 drops 3 times a day’. (A Journal of Therapeutic Facts for the Busy Doctor, Jones and Bremser, 1913)
‘In the last month of pregnancy, some ladies will complain that it is difficult for them to walk about. A very short walk seems to tire them out. Here Tr. Bellis Perennis (English daisy) is the remedy, 5 drops 3 times a day’. (A Journal of Therapeutic Facts for the Busy Doctor, Jones and Bremser, 1913)