Galium, Cleavers
Goosegrass; Gallion, Aparine, Aspergula, Philanthropos
Zangs rtsi dkar po ཟངས་རྩི་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibet)
Zangs rtsi dkar po ཟངས་རྩི་དཀར་པོ་ (Tibet)
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578
Flora von Deutschland (28), Kohler, 1886
Botanical name:
Galium aparine
Parts used:
Herb
Temperature & Taste:
Mildly Cool, dry (slightly Moist when fresh). Bitter, Pungent, slightly Sweet
Classifications:
B. Clears Heat and Toxin
Galium aparine
Parts used:
Herb
Temperature & Taste:
Mildly Cool, dry (slightly Moist when fresh). Bitter, Pungent, slightly Sweet
Classifications:
B. Clears Heat and Toxin
Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Poison, Resolves Swellings and Masses:
-Swellings, Lymphatic nodes
2. Clears Heat from the Blood, Resists Poison:
-Eczema, Psoriasis
3. Clears Liver Heat:
-Jaundice
4. Clears Heat, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:
-hot, burning or obstructed Urine
5. Moves the Blood:
6. Externally:
-‘many cutaneous diseases, as Psoriasis, Eczema, Lichen, Cancer and Scrofula’ (King’s)
Dose:
Decoction: a handful of the fresh herb boiled in 1 liter of water can be taken over the day. The decoction taken throughout the day as common drink for up to 6–12 months has been credited with curing numerous cases of Cancer.
Substitute:
In Tibetan Medicine, Artemisia hedinii is used as a type of Zangs rtsi.
Decoction: a handful of the fresh herb boiled in 1 liter of water can be taken over the day. The decoction taken throughout the day as common drink for up to 6–12 months has been credited with curing numerous cases of Cancer.
Substitute:
In Tibetan Medicine, Artemisia hedinii is used as a type of Zangs rtsi.
Main Combinations:
1. To promote Urine, Cleavers with Broom
2. Suppressed Urine, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
3. Suppressed and Burning Urine:
i. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
4. Gravel and Stones, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
5. Skin diseases in general, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
6. Acne, Abscess, Skin disease, Arthritis, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
7. Psoriasis:
i. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
8. Swollen Glands:
i. Cleavers and ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers, ... available in PRO version
9. Scrofula:
i. Cleavers, ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
10. Hepatitis, Liver inflammation, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
11. ‘A pottage made of Cleavers, a little mutton and oatmeal is good to cause lankness and keep from fatness.’ (Pliny)
12. Plaster for Trauma and Bruising, juice of Cleavers and ... available in PRO version
13. Cancer:
i. ... available in PRO version
ii. ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Decoction to Purify
Decoction for Hepatitis
1. To promote Urine, Cleavers with Broom
2. Suppressed Urine, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
3. Suppressed and Burning Urine:
i. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
4. Gravel and Stones, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
5. Skin diseases in general, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
6. Acne, Abscess, Skin disease, Arthritis, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
7. Psoriasis:
i. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
8. Swollen Glands:
i. Cleavers and ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers, ... available in PRO version
9. Scrofula:
i. Cleavers, ... available in PRO version
ii. Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
10. Hepatitis, Liver inflammation, Cleavers with ... available in PRO version
11. ‘A pottage made of Cleavers, a little mutton and oatmeal is good to cause lankness and keep from fatness.’ (Pliny)
12. Plaster for Trauma and Bruising, juice of Cleavers and ... available in PRO version
13. Cancer:
i. ... available in PRO version
ii. ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Decoction to Purify
Decoction for Hepatitis
Cautions:
1. Not used in Cold bodies
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water, Ointment
1. Not used in Cold bodies
Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water, Ointment
Treatment of Cancer:
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'This herb has a special curative reputation with reference to cancerous growths and allied tumours. For open cancers an ointment is made from the leaves and stems wherewith to dress the ulcerated parts, and at the same time the expressed juice of the plant is given internally. Dr. Tuthill Massy avers that it often produces a cure in from six to twelve months, and advises that the decoction shall be drank regularly afterwards in the Springtime'...
"In cancer," says Dr. Boyce, "five fluid ounces of the fresh juice of the plant are to be taken twice a day, whilst constantly applying the bruised leaves, or their ointment, to the sore." Some of our leading druggists |
now furnish curative preparations made from the fresh herb. These include the succus, or juice, to be swallowed; the decoction, to be applied as a lotion; and the ointment, for curative external use. Both in England and elsewhere the juice of this Goosegrass constitutes one of the Spring juices taken by country people for scorbutic complaints. And not only for cancerous disease, but for many other foul, ill-conditioned ulcers, whether scrofulous or of the scurvy nature, this Goosegrass has proved itself of the utmost service, its external application being at all times greatly assisted by the internal use of the juice, or of a decoction made from the whole herb.' (Herbal Simples, Fernie, 1897)
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