Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.08-09-2008

Common Melilot

Plant names
English Common Melilot, Melilot, Ribbed Melilot, Ribbed Meliot, Sweet Clover, Yellow Sweetclover
Latin Melilotus officinalis LAM., Melilotus arvensis Wallr., Melilotus Petitpierreanus Willd., Melilotus Petitpierreanus et Diffusa Koch., Trifolium Melilotus officinalis L., Trifolium Petitpierreanum Hayne.
Plant partsFlower / Blossom, Flowering herb, Herb / Grass, Leaf, Plant, Sap from flower stalk
Diseases & Uses
Diseases Abscess, Antibacterial, Anticonvulsant, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Carminative, compress, Cough, disease of the eye, diuretic, embolus, emollient, expectorant, festing wounds, Hemorrhoids, plaster, respiratory catarrh, running sore, skin diseases, tracheitis, varicose veins, vascular disorder, wound healing, wounds
Women's diseases Galactocele
Homoeopathically uses headache, migraine, nosebleeds
Warnings do not selfadminister
Foods Aromatic, culinary herb, scent smoking tobacco, spice in aquavit
Other uses Soil conditioner
Contents
 4-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, anti-coagulant properties, Benzoic acid, bitter extractive substance, caffeic acid, Campherol, Choline, Coumaric-Acid, Coumarin, coumarin glycoside, Diosgenin, essential oil, fat, Ferulic-Acid, flavone, gallic acid, Gentisic-Acid, Melilotic-Acid, melilotin, Melilotol, mucilage, O-Coumaric-Acid, Oleanolic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, P-Hydroxyphenylacetic-Acid, proteins, Quercetin, resin, Salicylic acid, Salts, sapogenin, Saponins, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, Vanillic-Acid

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