| Plant names |
| English |
Elecampane, Alant, Elecampane inula, Elemcampane, Elfdock, Elfwort, Horse elder, Horseheal, Scabwort, Velvet dock, Wild sunflower, Yellow starwort |
| Latin |
Inula helenium Linne, Aster helenium (L.) Scop., Aster officinalis All., Helenium grandiflorum Gilib. |
| Plant parts | Flower / Blossom, Herb / Grass, Root |
| Diseases & Uses |
| Diseases |
alleviating, Alterative, anemia, anorexia, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintic for children, Anthelmintics, antiseptic, asthma, astringent, Bitter, bladder dysfunction, blood cleanser, Breathing problems, Bronchitis, Carminative, Choleretic, Chronic bronchitis, chronic coughs, cleansing, Common cold, complaints of urinary system, cough, cough depressing, diabetes mellitus, disorder of metabolism, diuretic, dog bites, Dyspepsia, Enteritis, festing wounds, gall stone, gargle, Gastric catarrh, good for the stomach, hiccup, infection of the urinary organs, itch, Mucolytic agent, 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, colouring, cosmetic use, drive out fleas, driving out bedbugs, magic power, Perfume, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
| Ingredients |
| | Alantcamphor, aluminum, antiseptic properties, Aromaticity, ascorbic acid, ash, azulene, Beta-carotene, Beta-Humulene, Beta-Sitosterol, bitter essence, Calcium, Campesterol, camphor, Chromium, cobalt, Copper, essential oil, Fat, Friedelin, Fructoside, Gamma-Sitosterol, helenalin, Helenin, Inulenin, Inulin, Iron, Isoalantolactone, magnesium, manganese, Molybdenum, mucilage, Nickel, Nonacosan, pectin, Phosphorus, polyacetylene, Potassium, proteins, pseudoinulin, Quercetin, resin, Riboflavin, Scopoletin, Selenium, Silicon, sodium, sterol, Stigmasterol, Strontium, Thiamine, umbelliferone, Vitamin B3, water, wax, Zinc |
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