Chamedrys, Germander

Trixago minor
Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530

Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810

Botanical name:
Teucrium chamaedrys
There are several types of Germander used similarly including Large-leaved, Jagged-leaved, Thorny, Mountain, and Rocky Germanders. Parkinson listed 14 types of Germander.

Parts used:
Leaf; Flower

Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Bitter.
cuts, attenuates, opens

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:
-protects against Infection during Epidemics
-Cold, Influenza, Cough

2. Stops Wind, Benefits the Head:
-Continual Headache, Epilepsy, Melancholy, Lethargy, Drowsiness and Dullness of Spirits

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)

Main Combinations:
Ground Pine & Germander

1. Arthritic complaints:
i. usually used with Ground Pine:
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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