Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.18-07-2008

Common Smartweed

Plant names
Polygonaceae
English Common Smartweed, Smartweed, Water-pepper
Latin Polygonum hydropiper L.
Plant partsLeaf
Diseases & Uses
Diseases Abdominal trouble, Aids digestion, Antigout, Antihemorrhagic, Astringent, Carminative, contraceptive, diuretic, dropsy, good for the stomach, Icterus, inflammation, Liver diseases, Pickmeup, Scurvy, sweatinducing, Wounds
Women's diseases Amenorrhea, excessive menstruation
Homoeopathically uses homoeopathically use
Foods culinary herb
Other uses colouring
Contents
 1,4-Cineole, Acetic acid, Alpha-Pinene, Baldrianic-Acid, Beta-Pinene, borneol, bornyl-Acetate, Campherol, Camphor, Carvone, Cinnamic-Acid-Methyl-Ester, cinnamic-Alcohol, ellagic-Acid, Fenchone, Formic acid, Fructose, gallic acid, glucose, Isorhamnetin, Malic acid, Melissic-Acid, mucilage, P-Cymol, phellandrene, Potassium nitrate, Quercetin, Quercitrin, rutin, sitosterol, Tannic acid, Terpineol, valerianic acid

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