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

Rev.12-05-2020

Snakeshead

Plant

English

Snakeshead, Adam-and-eve, Adder's root, Arum, Arum lily, Arum maculatum, Bobbins, Cows and bulls, Cuckoopint, Cuckoo-pintle, Devils and angels, Friar's cowl, Jack in the pulpit, Lords-and-ladies, Naked boys, Spotted arum, Starch-root, Wake-robin, Wild arum

Latin

Arum maculatum L.

Plantparts

creeping rootstalks, Fruit, Leaf, Plant, Rhizome, Root

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abscess, Abscesses, Acute coryza, Acute viral nasopharyngitis, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Anti-abscess, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, Anti-helmintic, Anti-Rheumatic, aperient, arthritis, Asthma, Boil, boils, catharic, Cathartic, Chest complaint, Chest Conditions, chill, Chills, Cold, colds, Common cold, Cough, Coughing, Coughs, Diaphoretic, Diseases of chest, dispel worms, diuretic, Dysphonia, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, expel worms, formation of mucus, Furuncle, Furuncles, gastric catarrh, Gastritis, Head colds, helmint, hidrotic, hoarse, Hoarseness, Hoarse voice, Induce sweating, Inflammation of bowels, Inflammation of the larynx, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth, Inflammation of the pharynx, Inflammatory states of intestines, intestinal inflammation, laryngitis, laxative, measles, Morbilli, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, Mumps, No medical use, no medicinal use, Parotitis, pharyngitis, purgative, Red measles, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatism, Rubeola, scarlatina, Scarlet fever, sprain, Sprains, Stomatitis, sudorific, sweat-inducing, Torn ligament, treatment for worms, Used in the treatment of cough, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, worm, worms

Homoeopathically uses

homoeopathically use, Homoeopathically uses

Warnings

No folk medical use, no folk medicinal use, Poison, Poisonous, Toxic

Foods

Food

Other uses

colouring, cosmetic colouring of skin, Cosmetics, cosmetic use, Dye, Dyeing, Powder production, Used in cosmetics, Used to dye different types of fibres

Ingredients

 coniine, oxalic acid, starch

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0165

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