Endivae, Endive
Also called Intybus
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Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640
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New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563
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Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599
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Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
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Herbarium Blackwellianum, 1757
Botanical name:
Chicorium endiva
Parts used:
Seed; Leaf; sometimes the Root or whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. slightly Bitter
opens, cleanses
Classifications:
2A APERIENT. 2N. REPELLENT
3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS
4c. CARDIAC. 4e. STOMACHIC. 4f. SPLENETIC. 4h. NEPHRITIC. 4i. UTERINE
Chicorium endiva
Parts used:
Seed; Leaf; sometimes the Root or whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. slightly Bitter
opens, cleanses
Classifications:
2A APERIENT. 2N. REPELLENT
3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS
4c. CARDIAC. 4e. STOMACHIC. 4f. SPLENETIC. 4h. NEPHRITIC. 4i. UTERINE
Uses:
1. Clears Liver Heat:
-A noble Liver herb; used as Chicory and Dandelion
-Biliousness
-Liver heat headache, restlessness
-chiefly used in Choleric [Bile] Fevers; diseases of Bile; heat of the Blood
2. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Promotes Urine in strangury, dysuria (mainly seed)
1. Clears Liver Heat:
-A noble Liver herb; used as Chicory and Dandelion
-Biliousness
-Liver heat headache, restlessness
-chiefly used in Choleric [Bile] Fevers; diseases of Bile; heat of the Blood
2. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine:
-Promotes Urine in strangury, dysuria (mainly seed)
SUBSTITUTE:
Chicory
Chicory
Main Combinations:
1. Liver Heat:
i. Endive is often combined with Chicory
ii. Endive with ... available in PRO version
iii. Chicory herb with root, Endive with ... available in PRO version
2. Liver obstruction, Edema, Endive with ... available in PRO version
3. Blood Heat, Endive with ... available in PRO version
4. Skin disease from Heat or Heat and Toxin:
i. Endive with ... available in PRO version
ii. acne, boils, eczema, Endive with ... available in PRO version
5. Strangury, Dysuria, Gravel, Endive seed with ... available in PRO version
6. Heat, Fever, Inflammation, Tumors, Endive with ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas
Decoction of Fumitory of Andernacus
Decoction to Cool the Blood (Wirtzung)
Decoction to Expel Bile (Andernacus)
Decoction of Fumitory of Mesue
Cordial Decoction (French Pharmacopoeia)
Byzantine Syrup-Simple & Compound (Mesue)
Syrup of Fumitory Compound (Augustana)
Syrup of Senna Comp.
Syrup of Agrimony Mesue
Syrup of Marshmallow (Fernel)
Triphera Persica (Mesue)
ADVERTISEMENT:
1. Liver Heat:
i. Endive is often combined with Chicory
ii. Endive with ... available in PRO version
iii. Chicory herb with root, Endive with ... available in PRO version
2. Liver obstruction, Edema, Endive with ... available in PRO version
3. Blood Heat, Endive with ... available in PRO version
4. Skin disease from Heat or Heat and Toxin:
i. Endive with ... available in PRO version
ii. acne, boils, eczema, Endive with ... available in PRO version
5. Strangury, Dysuria, Gravel, Endive seed with ... available in PRO version
6. Heat, Fever, Inflammation, Tumors, Endive with ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas
Decoction of Fumitory of Andernacus
Decoction to Cool the Blood (Wirtzung)
Decoction to Expel Bile (Andernacus)
Decoction of Fumitory of Mesue
Cordial Decoction (French Pharmacopoeia)
Byzantine Syrup-Simple & Compound (Mesue)
Syrup of Fumitory Compound (Augustana)
Syrup of Senna Comp.
Syrup of Agrimony Mesue
Syrup of Marshmallow (Fernel)
Triphera Persica (Mesue)
ADVERTISEMENT:
Cautions:
Generally safe. Cooling, so not suited to Cold and Weak digestion.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Whole Plant, Juice, Simple Syrup of the Juice, Salt from the Ashes.
Generally safe. Cooling, so not suited to Cold and Weak digestion.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Whole Plant, Juice, Simple Syrup of the Juice, Salt from the Ashes.