| Plant names |
| English |
Beggar's button, Beggar's Buttons, Burdock, Burs, Clotbur, Cocklebur, Cuckold, Edible burdock, Gobo, Grass Burdock, Great burdock, Greater Burdock, Gypsy Rhubarb, Happy Major, Hardock, Harebur, Hurrbur, Lappa, Lesser burdock, Personata, Thorny burr |
| Latin |
Arctium lappa L., Arctium majus Bernh., Lappa major Gaertn., Lappa officinalis All. |
| Plant parts | Achene, Leaf, Oil, Rind / Bark / Cortex, Root, Seed, Shoot, Stem |
| Diseases & Uses |
| Diseases |
a sore throat, abscess, Aching joints, acne, Aids digestion, alleviating, Alterative, Antialopecic, Antibacterial, Antibiotic, Anticatarrhal, Antidandruff, Antigonorrhea, Antigout, Antiinflammatory, antimicrobial action, AntiRheumatic, AntiStaphylococcic, Arthritis, Astringent, Balding, bilious colic, Bite of poisonous insect, Bladder infections, bladder stone, Blood cleanser, blood formation, Breathing problems, Bronchitis, Bruise, Burn, care of the skin, Carminative, cholagogic, Choleretic, Chronic bronchitis, cleansing, cleansing the skin, Cold sore, Common cold, constipation, cordial, cough, Detoxicant, Diabetes mellitus, digestive disturbance, diuretic, dog bites, emollient, enteritis, festing wounds, freckles, fungicide, furuncle, gastric catarrh, good for the stomach, Gout, hair loss, headache, hemorrhoids, Hypoglycemia, immune enhangement, Inadequate measels eruption, increases resistance to infections, Infections, infectious diseases, inflammation, itch, itching rash, kidney stone, laxative, Leprosy, Liver diseases, Loss of appetite, lowering the blood sugar, Lung ailments, mercury poisoning, Nephrocolic, Nervous complaints of stomach, Nourishing, plague, poorly healing sores, preventing flu, Preventing recurrent colds, promoting metabolism, psoriasis, Rashes, relaxes the nervous system, scabies, Scurvy, Skin diseases, snake bite, stones in the urinary tract, Suppurative inflammation, sweatinducing, Syphilis, Tonic, tumor, wound healing, Wounds |
| Cancer |
Anticarcinogenic |
| Women's diseases |
climacteric |
| Homoeopathically uses |
eczema, skin complaints |
| Warnings |
Not suitable for pregnant women |
| Foods |
Vegetable |
| Other uses |
cosmetic use, hair preparations |
| Contents |
| | Acetic acid, Acid, Alanine, Alpha-Amyrin, aluminum, Antibiotic, Arctiin, Arctiol, Arctiopicrin, arginine, ascorbic acid, Ash, Aspartic acid, atropine, benz-Aldehyde, Beta-Amyrin, Beta-carotene, Beta-Sitosterol, bitter essence, bitter glycoside, butanoic-Acid, caffeic acid, Calcium, Carbohydrates, Caryophyllene, Chlorogenic-Acid, Chromium, cobalt, Copper, Cystine, Decan-1-Al, essential oil, Fat, fat oil, fatty acid, Fibres, flavonoid, Fructose, Fukinone, Gamma-aminobutyric acid, glucose, Glutamic acid, glycerin, Glycine, Histidine, Inulin, Iron, Iso-Chlorogenic-Acid, Isoleucine, isovaleric acid, Lauric-Acid, Leucine, Lignin, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Lupeol, Lysine, Magnesium, Manganese, Mercury, Methionine, mucilage, Myristic-Acid, Niacin, Oleic-Acid, Organic acids, Palmitic acid, Phenylalanine, phosphoric acid, phosphorus, Phytol, Phytosterol, polyacetylene, polyphenols, Potassium, Proline, Propionic-Acid, Proteins, Pseudo-taraxasterol, resin, Riboflavin, Selenium, Serine, Silicic acid, silicon, sitosterol, Sodium, starch, Stearic acid, sterol, Stigmasterol, sugars, Sulfur, tanins of the caffeic acid type, Tannic acid, tannin, Tanning agents, taraxasterol, Thiamine, Threonine, Tin, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Valine, Vitamin C, Water, Zinc |
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