Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530
Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810
Botanical name:
Teucrium chamaedrys
Parts used:
Leaf; Flower
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter.
Classifications:
2A APERIENT MEDICINES. 2C INCIDERS. 2G. CLEANSING. 2K. RESOLVENT
3F. LITHONTRIPTIC. 3G. EMMENAGOGUE
4f. SPLENETIC. 4g. HEPATIC. 4k. ARTHRITIC
Teucrium chamaedrys
Parts used:
Leaf; Flower
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter.
Classifications:
2A APERIENT MEDICINES. 2C INCIDERS. 2G. CLEANSING. 2K. RESOLVENT
3F. LITHONTRIPTIC. 3G. EMMENAGOGUE
4f. SPLENETIC. 4g. HEPATIC. 4k. ARTHRITIC
Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat, Resists Poison:
-Cold, Influenza, Cough
2. Stops Wind, Benefits the Head:
-Headache, Epilepsy, Melancholy
3. Clears Wind-Damp, Promotes Urine, Eases Pain:
-Edema
-Special for all Arthritic complaints; Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica etc.
4. Opens the Liver and Spleen:
-pain of the sides; abdominal cramps
5. Moves the Blood:
-resolves congealed Blood and Bruising
6. Kills Worms
7. External:
-creeping Ulcers, Hemorrhoids, Itch, Scabs, and Catarrhs.
-‘made into an Oil and the Eyes anointed therewith, takes away their dimness and moistness’. (Culpeper)
Dose
... available in PRO version
Correctives:
... available in PRO version
Substitutes:
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... available in PRO version
Correctives:
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Substitutes:
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Main Combinations:
Ground Pine & Germander
1. Arthritic complaints:
i. usually used with Ground Pine:
a. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
b. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
c. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
d. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
ii. Germander with ... available in PRO version
2. Sciatica, Lumbago, Germander with ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas
Wine for Arthritis
Powder Against Joint Pain
Powder for Gout of the Duke of Portland
Antidote Proven for Hip Pain (Nicholas)
Antidote of Seven Things (Paulus Aegineta)
Pills for Arthritis
Ground Pine & Germander
1. Arthritic complaints:
i. usually used with Ground Pine:
a. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
b. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
c. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
d. Germander, Ground Pine with ... available in PRO version
ii. Germander with ... available in PRO version
2. Sciatica, Lumbago, Germander with ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas
Wine for Arthritis
Powder Against Joint Pain
Powder for Gout of the Duke of Portland
Antidote Proven for Hip Pain (Nicholas)
Antidote of Seven Things (Paulus Aegineta)
Pills for Arthritis
Cautions:
1. Potentially toxic. Do not overdose.
2. Not used in Pregnancy or young children.
3. Not used in those with Liver disease.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the whole plant, Conserve of the Flowers
1. Potentially toxic. Do not overdose.
2. Not used in Pregnancy or young children.
3. Not used in those with Liver disease.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the whole plant, Conserve of the Flowers