Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.18-03-2010

Couchgrass

Plant names
English Couchgrass, Common Couch, Cough Grass, Doggrass, Dogs Grass, Elytrigia repens, Quackgrass, Quickgrass, Quitch-grass, Twitchgrass, Witch Grass
Latin Agropyron repens Beauvais, Agropyrum repens (L.) Beauv., Elytrigia repens (L.)Nevski, Elytrigia repens ssp. repens, Elymus repens (L.) Gould., Elymus repens ssp. Repens, Agriopyrum repens, Triticum repens L.
Plant partsFresh root, Rhizome / Rootstock, Rhizome, Underground stem, Root
Diseases & Uses
Diseases alleviating, Anthelmintic, Antiedemic, Antiinflammatory, AntiRheumatic, Arthritis, biliary disorders, Bladder diseases, bladder dysfunction, Bladder infections, Blood in the urine, Bronchitis, Calculous affections, chronic trancheal catarrh, circulation problems, cleansing, Colic, complaints of urinary system, digestive disturbance, disease of the spleen, disorder of metabolism, disorder of the kidneys, diuretic, Dries wet eczema, emollient, fever, gall stone, Gastric catarrh, Goitre, gonorrhea, Gout, gravel, hemorrhoids, Infection in the urinary passages, inflammation, Inflammation of bowels, inflammation of kidneys, inflammation of the prostate, Intestinal affections, laxative, Liver diseases, Lung ailments, mucus, prostate, Pustular eruptions, respiratory catarrh, Sexually transmitted disease, Skin diseases, spring fatigue, stomach lining inflammation, superficial wound, sweatinducing, Tonic, Urethral calculi, Weakness of the kidney
Foods Brewing, coffee substitute
Other uses colouring
Ingredients
 albumen, aluminum, ash, Beta-Alanine, Calcium, Carbohydrates, carvacrol, carvone, Chromium, cobalt, Ergotamine, essential oil, Fat, Fibres, fixed oil, Fructose, glucose, inositol, Inulin, Iron, Lectin, Levulose, Lysergic-Acid, magnesium, malate, malic acid, manganese, mannitol, menthol, menthone, mucilage, P-Cymene, Phosphoric acid, Phosphorus, potash, Potassic salt, Potassium, potassium silicate, proteins, salts of potassium, Saponins, Selenium, Silica, Silicic acid, Silicon, sodium, sugars, Thiamine, thymol, Tin, tricitin, Vanillin, Vanillin glycoside, Vitamin A, Vitamin B, water, Zinc

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