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

Rev.11-03-2021

Elecampane

Plant

English

Elecampane, Alant, Elecampanae, 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., Aster officinalis, Inula helenium

Plantparts

Blossom, Grass, Root, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

100-day cough, Acute coryza, Acute viral nasopharyngitis, Adstringent, Aids digestion, Alleviating, Alterative, anaemia, Anemia, Anorexia, Anorexy, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintic for children, Anthelmintics, Anti-anemic, Antiarthritic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-Bronchitic, Anti-diabetic, antidiabetic activity, Antiemetic, Anti-gingivitic, Anti-gout, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, antihelmintic, Antiherpetic, Anti-hiccup, antiinflammatory agent in digestive tract diseases, Antipruritic, antiseptic, antitussive, Antivomitive, Appetite stimulant, Appetizer, Appetizing, Arthritis, Arthrosis, Assist healing of wounds, Asthma, Astrigent, astringent, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, bad digestion, baktericidal, benificial effect on the digestion, Bitter, Bitter Tonic, bladder dysfunction, blood building, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, blood formation, Bloodforming, Blood-purifier, Breathing difficulties, Breathing problems, breathlessness, Bronchial catarrh, Bronchitis, Bronquite, Calmative, Calming of nerves, Carminative, Carminativum, catarrh of the bladder, Children's Vermifuge, Children with worm, chill, Chills, Cholelithiasis, Choleliths, Choleretic, Chronic bronchitis, chronic broncitis, chronic coughs, Cleanses the blood, cleansing, Clears gas, Cold, colds, Coloenteritis, common cold, complaints of urinary system, Cough, cough depressing, Coughing, Coughs, Cough suppressant, Cutaneous conditions, Demulcent, Dental Analgesic, Dental pain, depurant, Depurative, dermatological, dermatological complaints, Dermatosis, Diabetes, diabetes mellitus, Diaphoretic, Difficult urination, difficulty in breathing, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, disinfectant, disorder of metabolism, disorders of the urinary passage, dispel worms, dispepsia, distemper, Diuretic, dog bites, dyspepsia, dyspnea, dyspnoea, emesis, enteritis, enterocolitis, Eupeptic, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, expel worms, Fart, festing wounds, Flatulence, flatulency, flatus, Gall-bladder complaints, gallbladder disorders, Gall-bladder problems, gallstone, Gallstones, gargle, Gas, Gastric catarrh, Gastritis, gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal disorder, Gingivitis, Good for digestion, good for the stomach, gout, haematopoiesis, Head colds, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, helmint, hematopoiesis, Herbal tonic, Herpes, hiccough, hiccup, Hiccups, hidrotic, hydrophobia, imbalanced bladder function, improves appetite, improves digestion, improve the complexion, inappetence, Increases the appetite, increase the bile secretion, Indigestion, Induce sweating, infected sores, Infected Sores and Wounds, infected wounds, infection of the urinary organs, infections in the urinary tract, Inflammation of the digestive tract, Inflammation of the gum tissue, inflammed gums, Inflammed joints, intestinal catarrh, intestinal gas, Ischuria, itch, Itches, itching, Joint inflammation, Joint inflammations, lack of appetite, Loss of appetite, loss of blood, metabolic derangement, Metabolic disorder, Metabolic Disorders, metabolic disturbance, miction distress, mitigating, Mucolytic agent, Nausea, palliative, paradontosis, parodontal disease, Periodontitis, Persistant sores, Pertussis, Pick-me-up, plague, Poor appetite, Poor digestion, poorly healing sores, problems in the urinary system, Promotes digestion, promotes healing of wounds, Pruritus, Psychostimulants, Puking, pulmonary tuberculosis, Pulmonary tuberculosis TB, Pungent, purifier, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyorrhea alveolaris, rabies, relaxes the nervous system, respiratory distress, Respiratory problems, respiratory problems in general, Restores the blood, retention of urine, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatism, Scabies, sedative, septic wounds, Seven-year itch, shortness of breath, short of breath, skin disease, skin diseases, skin disorders, Skin itching (scabies), skin problems in general, snakebite, Snake bites, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, sores, stimulant, Stimulants, Stimulant to increase appetite, stimulates digestion, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, stimulate the appetite, stimulating, stomach atony, stomach debility, stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, Stone in the gallbladder, stopping vomiting, sudorific, sugar diabetis, sweat-inducing, throat-wash, Throwing up, to cleanse the blood, Tonic, Toothache, tracheitis, trancheal catarrh, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, Traumatic injury, treatment for worms, Urinary diseases, urinary disorders, urinary infection, urinary infections, urinary problems, Urinary retention, Urinary tract ailments, Urinary-tract diseases, urinary tract infection, urine retention, Used as an antiseptic, Used as a stimulant, Used in the treatment of anaemia, Used in the treatment of anemia, Used in the treatment of cough, Used in the treatment of snake bites, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, Vomit, Vomiting, Vulnerary, Warming digestive, weak stomach, whooping cough, wind, worm, worms, Wound, wound care, wound festering, Wound healing, Wound repair, Wounds, Wounds healing, wound treatment

Cancer

Anti-carcinogenic, anticarcinogenig, Anticarcinomic, antineoplastic, Anti-tumor, Anti-tumor activity, Neoplasm, tumor, tumor-inhibiting, Tumor inhibition, tumor-reducing, Tumors, Tumour, Tumour inhibition

Women's diseases

Absence of a menstrual period, All women's diseases, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Climacteric, Difficult menstruation, Dysmennorhoea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysmenorrhoea, ease menopausal symptoms, encourages menstruation, feminine disorders, Gynaecological, Gyneacological, Gyneacologycal, Gyneacoloical, menopausal problems, menopause, Menstrual cramp, Menstrual cramps, menstrual pain, menstrual problems, menstruation problems, Pain during menstruation, Painful periods, Period pain, promote the onset of menstruation

Homoeopathically uses

bronchial complaints

Foods

Condiment, culinary, Culinary herb, spice, spice in aquavit, spice in wine

Other uses

Against mosquito, Bedbugs, Cimicidae, colouring, Cosmetics, cosmetic use, drive out fleas, driving out bedbugs, Dye, dyeing, Perfume, Perfumery, Used in cosmetics, Used to dye different types of fibres, vermin

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, TCM MERIDIAN: Spleen, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Religion, Magic & Witchcraft

Magic, magic power, magic use, Witchcraft, Witchery

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Korea

Ingredients

 Alantcamphor, aluminium, antiseptic properties, Aromaticity, ascorbic acid, ash, azulene, Beta-Humulene, Beta-Pinene, Beta-Sitosterol, Bitter Components, Calcium, Campesterol, camphor, Chromium, cobalt, Copper, Daucosterol, essential oil, fat, Fibres, Friedelin, Fructoside, Gamma sitosterol, helenalin, Helenin, Inulenin, inulin, iron, Isoalantolactone, magnesium, manganese, Molybdenum, mucilage, Niacin, Nickel, Nonacosane, pectin, Pectin substances, phosphorus, Polyacetylene, potassium, protein, pseudoinulin, Quercetin, resin, saponin, Scopoletin, Selenium, silicon, sodium, sterol, Stigmasterol, Strontium, Trans-Caryophyllene, Umbelliferone, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, water, wax, zinc, Β-Carotene

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0043

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