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

Rev.11-03-2021

Bittersweet

Plant

Family

Potato Family (Solanaceae)

English

Bittersweet, Amara dulcis, Bitter nightshade, Bittersweet nightshade, Blue bindweed, Blue nightshade, Climbing nightshade, Deadly nightshade, Dulcamara, Fellenwort, Felonwood, Felonwort, Poisonberry, Poisonflower, Scarlet berry, Snakeberry, Trailing bittersweet, Trailing nightshade, Trailing violet nightshade, Violet bloom, Woody nightshade

Latin

Solanum dulcamara L., Dulcamara flexuosa Moench, Solanum laxum Spreng., Solanum dulcamara, Solanum laxum Sprengel, Solanum dulcamara var. dulcamara L.

Plantparts

Fruit, Leaf, Plant stem, Root bark, Roots, Stem, Unspecified, Whole herb, Young shoots before flowering

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

100-day cough, Ache, Aches, Aching joint, Aching joints, Aching muscles, Acute coryza, Acute viral nasopharyngitis, Allergic diseases, Allergies, allergy, Alterative, Analgesic, Anodyne, Antalgic, Anti-allergic, Antiarthritic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-eczemic, Anti-edemic, Antifebrile, Antifungal, Antifungal Agent, Anti-gout, Anti-inflammatory, Antimicrobial, anti-microbial action, Antimicrobial Agent, Antiphogistic, Antipruritic, antipyretic, Anti-Rheumatic, Antisyphilitic, Aperient, arthralgia, arthritis, Arthrosis, Asthma, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, Calmative, Calming of nerves, catharic, Cathartic, Cellulite, Cellulitis, chill, Chills, Chronic pain, Cleanses the blood, Cold, colds, Colitis, common cold, Coolant, cooling, Cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cutaneous conditions, Cutaneous Eruptions, depurant, Depurative, Dermatitis, dermatological, dermatological complaints, Dermatosis, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Dropsy, eczema, Edema, Emetic, eruption, excema, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, fluid accumulation, Fungicide, Fungitoxic, fungus, Gastroenteritis, Glandular swellings, gout, Head colds, Hepatic, hidrotic, Hives, Hordeolum, Hydropsy, Icterus, improve the complexion, Induce sweating, induce vomiting, Inflamed skin conditions, Inflammation of the colon, inflammation of the large intestine, inflammation of the skin, Inflammed joints, itch, Itches, itching, Itchy skin conditions, Jaundice, Joint inflammation, Joint inflammations, joint pain, joints pain, Laxative, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, Muscle pain, muscle pains, muscular pain, Myalgia, Nausea, Nettle rash, oedema, Pain, painful disorders, Painfull joints, pain in the joints, Pain in the muscels, painkiller, pain relief, pain relieving, Pains, pains in general, pain stilling, Pertussis, poisoning, Poisonings, promoting metabolism, Pruritus, psoriasis, Purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyretic, Pyrexia, rash, Rashes, reduce fevers, reduce inflammation, Refrigerant, Refrigerent, relaxes the nervous system, relieves fevers, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, Sedative, skin disease, Skin diseases, skin disorders, skin eruption, Skin Eruptions, skin inflammation, skin inflammations, skin problems in general, skin rashes, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, sore skin, sty, stye, sudorific, sweat-inducing, swollen glands, Syphilis, to cleanse the blood, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, treatment of allergies, Urticaria, Used in the treatment of cough, verruca, vomitive, Wart, warts, whooping cough

Cancer

Anti-cancer, Anti-carcinogenic, anticarcinogenig, Anticarcinomic, Anti-carciogenic, Anti-cariogenic, Anti-neoplastic, Anti-tumor, Anti-tumor activity, Cancer, Malignant neoplasm, Malignant tumor, Neoplasm, Tumor, tumor-inhibiting, Tumor inhibition, tumor-reducing, Tumors, Tumour, Tumour inhibition

Homoeopathically uses

arthritis, colds, homoeopathically use, Homoeopathically uses, rheumatism, skin rashes

Warnings

do not self-administer, No folk medical use, no folk medicinal use, Not suitable for pregnant women, Poison, Poisonous, should not be taken when pregnant, Toxic

Other uses

Narcotic, narcotic effect

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Veterinary uses

Veterinary: strangles in horses, Veterinary homoeopathy: strangles in horses

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil

Ingredients

 2,4-Methylene-Cholesterol, alkaloid, atropine, Beta-Sitosterol, Bitter Components, Campesterol, Cholesterol, D-Galactose, D-Glucose, diosgenin, glycoside, Lycopene, lycopodine, poisonous alkaloid, saponin, solaceine, Solamargine, solaneine, Solanidine, solanine, Solasodine, Stigmasterol, sugar, Tannic acid, Tanning agents, Tigogenin, Xylose, Yamogenin

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0298

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