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

Rev.11-03-2021

Lesser swinecress

Plant

English

Lesser swinecress, Lesser watercress, Swinecress, Swine wartcress, Twin cress, Wartcress

Latin

Lepidium didymum L., Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.

Plantparts

Entire plant, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abdominal trouble, Aids digestion, Antibacterial, Antibiotic, Anti-fatigue, Anti-hemorrhoidal, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, Choleretic, complaints of the stomach, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, disease of the stomach, dispepsia, dyspepsia, Eupeptic, exhaustion, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, faintness, Fatigue, feebleness, Gastropathy, Good for digestion, Haemorrhoids, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, improves digestion, increase the bile secretion, Indigestion, Intermittent fever, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, Listlessness, Mucolytic agent, Piles, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, stimulates digestion, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, Stomach aliment, stomach complaints, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, stomach problems, stomach trouble, Tiredness, Warming digestive, weakness, weariness

Other uses

Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn7704

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