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Menyanthes, Buckbean

Bogbean, Water Trefoil, Marsh Trefoil, Marsh Clover
Shui Cai (TCM)
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Tabernaemontanus

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Icones Plantarum Medicinalium. 1788

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Atlas der Officinellen Pflanzen, Berg & Schmidt, Leipzig, 1893

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Botanical name:
Menyanthes trifoliata (syn. Trifolium palustre, T. fibrinum)

Parts used:
Leaf

Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Heat and Damp, Opens Obstructions:

-Jaundice, Hypochondria pain

2. Clears Heat and Toxin, Resolves Masses:
-Scrofula

3. Promotes Digestion:
-indigestion, loss of appetite

4. Purges Heat:
-large doses are cathartic, sometimes emetic

5. Externally:
-Skin diseases with redness and inflammation; Eczema, Herpes


Dose:
Powder: 1–2 grams (1 scruple–half dram); 1 dram (3.8 grams) is purgative

Correctives:
 ... available in PRO version

Comment:
 ... available in PRO version

Substitutes:
 ... available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:
1. Stomach weakness and Indigestion:
i. Menyanthes with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Menyanthes with  ... available in PRO version
2. Bitter Powder: Menyanthes with  ... available in PRO version
3. Liver Heat and obstruction, Menyanthes with  ... available in PRO version
4. Fever, Menyanthes with  ... available in PRO version
5. 'Spring Cure': Menyanthes with  ... available in PRO version
6. Diuretic, to an infusion of Menyanthes, add  ... available in PRO version
7. Nervous Debility, Menyanthes,  ... available in PRO version
8. Cancer tea: Menyanthes,  ... available in PRO version

Cautions:
1. Avoid in people with Diarrhea or Colitis.

Main Preparations used:

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