Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.24-03-2008

Basswood

Plant names
Tiliaceae
English Basswood, Liitle Leaf Linden, Lime tree, Linden, Linden-tree, Little leaf linden, Small-leaved lime, Small-leaved linden
Latin Tilia cordata Miller, Tilia europaea var. c L., Tilia microphylla Vent., Tilia parvifolia Erhr., Tilia ulmifolia Scop.
Plant partsFlower / Blossom, Rind / Bark / Cortex
Diseases & Uses
Diseases Abdominal trouble, abscess, accumulation of mucus in the respiratory passages, Aids digestion, Antialopecic, Anticatarrhal, Anticonvulsant, AntiCoronary, Antiepileptic, Antigout, Atherosclerosis, bladder dysfunction, bladder stone, Blood cleanser, Bronchitis, Burn, cachexy, care of the skin, Carminative, catarrh of the bladder, cleansing, common cold, complaints of urinary system, convulsive cough, cordial, cough, Disease of the bladder, diuretic, dropsy, emollient, expectorant, facewash, fever, freckles, gargle, good for the stomach, hair loss, Headache, Hypertension, Hypnotic, hysteria, Inflammation, influenza, Kidney stone, laxative, Mental fatigue, migraine, mild sleeping medicine, nervous tension, pain in the chest, plaster, Poisonings, Preventing recurrent colds, Rashes, refreshing, relaxes the nervous system, restorative, scarlet fever, Sleeplessness, sweatinducing, Tonic, wounds, wrinkles
Homoeopathically uses allergic skin complaints, arthritis, hay fever
Foods tea substitute
Contents
 Astragalin, coumarin, essential oil, eugenol, Farnesol, fat, flavo-Glycoside, flavonoid, Geraniol, Glucoside, Hesperidin, isoquercitrin, Linalol, malate, manganese salts, mucilage, Phytosterol, Quercetin, Quercitrin, Saponins, sugar, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, taraxasterol, Taraxerol, Tartrate, Vanillin, vitamin-e, wax, yellow dye stuff

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