Drosera, Sundew
Ros Solis, Lustwort, Herba Rorellae
Bdud rtsi rtag ngu བདུད་རྩི་རྟག་ངུ་ (Tibet)
Bdud rtsi rtag ngu བདུད་རྩི་རྟག་ངུ་ (Tibet)
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A. D. burmanni; B. D. intermedia; C. D. indica; D. D. peltata
Illustrations of Indian Botany, Wight, 1840 |
D. rotundifolia
Medicinal Plants, Millspaugh, 1892 |
D. rotundifolia
Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886
Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886
Botanical name:
Drosera spp.
1. D. rotundifolia (Common, European or Round-leaved Sundew)
2. D. peltata (Pale Sundew)
3. D. intermedia (Medium Sundew)
Round and Long-leaved varieties were known.
Parts used:
Whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral/slightly Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent, Sour. Slightly Toxic.
Classifications
3K. EXPECTORANT
TCM:
P. Clear Phlegm
Drosera spp.
1. D. rotundifolia (Common, European or Round-leaved Sundew)
2. D. peltata (Pale Sundew)
3. D. intermedia (Medium Sundew)
Round and Long-leaved varieties were known.
Parts used:
Whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral/slightly Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent, Sour. Slightly Toxic.
Classifications
3K. EXPECTORANT
TCM:
P. Clear Phlegm
Uses:
1. Warms and Strengthens the Kidneys:
2. Stops Cough, Clears Phlegm:
-chronic coughs and wheezing
3. Settles Wind, Comforts the Heart:
-Hypertension
4. Resists Poison:
-Plague, Fevers and Influenza. (Salmon)
5. Warms the Stomach:
-weakness or irritability of the stomach
6. Externally:
i. the fresh leaves were bruised with salt and applied to raise blisters.
Dose:
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Comment
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Main Combinations:
1. Whooping Cough, Bronchitis:
i. Weiss suggests Thyme and Sundew to be synergistic in effect when used for the Lungs; especially for Whooping Cough
ii. Sundew, ... available in PRO version
iii. Sundew with ... available in PRO version
iv. Sundew with ... available in PRO version
v. Sundew with ... available in PRO version
vi. Sundew with ... available in PRO version
2. Asthma, Sundew ... available in PRO version
3. Asthmatic Bronchitis, Sundew with ... available in PRO version
4. To Warm the Kidneys, Sundew with ... available in PRO version
5. Consumption, to preserve from Epidemics, and for Palpitations, Sundew with ... available in PRO version
Cautions:
1. Avoid overdose or long-term use
2. Not suitable for Yin deficiency or Yin deficient Heat conditions.
Main Preparations used:
Tincture, Distilled Water (Simple and Compound)
1. Avoid overdose or long-term use
2. Not suitable for Yin deficiency or Yin deficient Heat conditions.
Main Preparations used:
Tincture, Distilled Water (Simple and Compound)