Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.22-03-2008

Elecampane

Plant names
English Elecampane, Elemcampane, Scabwort
Latin Inula helenium Linne
Plant partsFlower / Blossom, Herb / Grass, Root
Diseases & Uses
Diseases Aids digestion, alleviating, Alterative, Anthelmintic, Antibacterial, Asthma, Astringent, Bitter, Bladder dysfunction, Blood formation, Breathing problems, Bronchitis, Carminative, Children with worm, Cholelithiasis, Choleretic, Chronic bronchitis, chronic coughs, cleansing, Common cold, complaints of urinary system, cough, cough depressing, diabetes mellitus, disorder of metabolism, Diuretic, dog bites, expectorant, festing wounds, Gargle, Gastric catarrh, good for the stomach, hiccup, infection of the urinary organs, intestinal catarrh, itch, Loss of appetite, Nausea, Periodontitis, Pickmeup, plague, poorly healing sores, pulmonary tuberculosis, rabies, relaxes the nervous system, respiratory catarrh, Scabies, Skin diseases, snake bite, sweatinducing, Tonic, toothache, tracheitis, vomiting, whooping cough, wounds
Women's diseases All women's diseases, Amenorrhea, climacteric, menstruation
Homoeopathically uses bronchial complaints
Foods culinary herb, spice in wine
Other uses Against mosquito, Anthelmintic, colouring, cosmetic use, drive out fleas, driving out bedbugs, magic power, Perfume, Used in traditional Chinese medicin
Contents
 Aluminum, antiseptic properties, ascorbic acid, Ash, Azulene, Beta-carotene, Beta-Humulene, Beta-Sitosterol, bitter essence, Calcium, Campesterol, Camphor, Chromium, cobalt, Copper, essential oil, fat, Friedelin, Gamma-Sitosterol, helenalin, Inulenin, inulin, iron, Isoalantolactone, Magnesium, Manganese, Molybdenum, mucilage, Niacin, Nickel, Nonacosan, pectin, Phosphorus, polyacetylene, potassium, proteins, pseudoinulin, Quercetin, resin, Riboflavin, Scopoletin, Selenium, Silicon, Sodium, sterol, Stigmasterol, Strontium, Thiamine, umbelliferone, Water, wax, Zinc

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