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

Rev.11-03-2021

Common purslane

Plant

Family

Portulacaceae

English

Common purslane, Garden purslane, Golden purslane, Green purslane, Kitchen-garden purslane, Little hogweed, Pigweed, Portulaca oleracea, Purple-flowered purslane, Purslain, Purslane, Pursley, Pusky, Pusley, Pussley, Summer purslane, Verdolaga, Weedy pigweed, Wild portulaca, Wild purslane

Latin

Portulaca oleracea L., Portulaca oleracea var. sativa (Haw.) DC., Portulaca oleracea L. s.str., Portulaca oleracea sativa DC., Portulaca oleracea subsp. sativa (Haw.) Schübl. et G. Martens, Portulaca oleracea var. sativa, Portulaca oleracea ssp., Portulaca oleracea ssp. sativa (Haworth) Thellung

Plantparts

Aerial part, Entire plant, foliage, Fresh leaves, Grass, Leaf, Plant, Seeds, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abdominal bloating, Abdominal swelling, abscess, Abscesses, Acid indigestion, Aids digestion, Amygdalitis, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Anti-abscess, Anti-arteriosclerotic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-atherosclerotic, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-diabetic, antidiabetic activity, Anti-dysenteric, Anti-fatigue, Antifebrile, Anti-gingivitic, Anti-heartburn, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, antihelmintic, Antihemorrhagic, Anti-hemorrhoidal, Anti-hypertensive, Antihypotensive agent, Antihæmorrhagic, Anti-pyretic, Anti-scorbutic, Antiseptic, Aperient, Arterial hypertension, arteriosclerosis, Arteriosclerotic vascular disease, Asthenia of kidney, Asthma, Atherosclerosis, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, bad digestion, baktericidal, benificial effect on the digestion, Bleeding Stancher, Bloating, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, Bloody flux, Boils, Cardialgia, care of the skin, catharic, Cathartic, Cephalagia, Cephalalgia, check bleeding, Children-worm, cholagogic, Cholagogue, Cleanses the blood, Colic, complaints of urinary system, constipation, Costive, Costiveness, cough, Coughing, Coughs, depurant, Depurative, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, Dieting, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, Disinfectant, disorder of the kidneys, disorders of the urinary passage, dispel worms, dispepsia, diuretic, Dyschezia, dysentery, dyspepsia, Dyssynergic defaecation, Eupeptic, exhaustion, Expellant of bile, expel worms, faintness, Fatigue, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, feebleness, fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Gingivitis, Good for digestion, Good for skin, Haemorrhoids, haemostatic, Hardening of the arteries, hardning of the arteries, Headache, Headaches, head pains, heartburn, Heat stroke, helmint, Hemorrhoid, hemorrhoids, Hemostat, Hemostatic, Herbal tonic, high blood pressure, hypertension, Hyper tensive, Hypoglycemia, Hypoglycemic, Hypotension, Hypotensive, Hæmostatic, improves digestion, Indigestion, Inflammation of bowels, Inflammation of the gum tissue, Inflammation of the tonsils, Inflammatory states of intestines, inflammed gums, inhibit bleeding, intestinal inflammation, Kidney Ailments, kidney complaints, kidney disease, Kidney diseases, kidney disorders, kidney problem, kidney problems, Kidney stone, Kidney stone disease, Kidney Stones, Kidney tonic, Kidney treatment, kidney trouble, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, Laxative, Listlessness, Lose weight, Low blood pressure, Lowers bloodpressure, movements of the bowel, Nephrolith, Nephropathy, Nerve problems, nervous disease, nervous disorders, Neurosis, No medical use, no medicinal use, paradontosis, parodontal disease, Perfect skin, Periodontitis, Pick-me-up, Piles, Pinworm, Poor digestion, poor eyes, Pressor, problems in the urinary system, Promotes digestion, Psychostimulants, purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyorrhea alveolaris, Pyretic, Pyrexia, pyrosis, reduce blood pressure, reduce fevers, reduce high bloodpressure, reduces swellings, relieves fevers, Renal calculus, Renal disease, Renal disorders, renal problems, Renal stones, scorbutus, Scurvy, seat-worm, Skin-care, skin tonic, slimming remedy, soothes headaches, sores, Sprain, Sprains, spring fatigue, Stanches blood, staunches bleeding, stimulant, Stimulants, stimulates digestion, stimulating, Stiptic, stomach lining inflammation, Stones in kidney, Stop bleeding, Stops bleeding, strengthen men's semen, Styptic, sugar diabetis, Sun stroke, Swelling of eyes, Swellings, thread-worm, tiredness, to cleanse the blood, Tonic, tonsilitis, Tonsillitis, Torn ligament, Traumatic injury, treatment for worms, Urinary diseases, urinary disorders, urinary problems, Urinary tract ailments, Urinary-tract diseases, Urolithiasis, Used as an antiseptic, Used as a stimulant, Used in the treatment of cough, Vasopressor, Vasopressor agent, Vermicide, vermifugal, Vermifuge, Warming digestive, weakness, Weakness of the kidney, weariness, weight-reducing, worm, worms, Wound, wound care, wounds, wound treatment

Cancer

Anticancer (Stomach), Cancer of the Oesophagus, Esophageal cancer, Gastric cancer, Oesophageal cancer, Stomach cancer

Women's diseases

menstrual complaints, menstrual disorder, menstrual disorders

Other uses

Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM: Heat-clearing, TCM: Relieve dampness, TCM MERIDIAN: Large Intestine, TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Chaoshan, China, Phytomedical used in Fujian, China, Phytomedical used in Israel, the Golan Heights and the West Bank region, Phytomedical used in Sarban Hills, Abbotabad, KP, Pakistan, Phytomedical used in Taiwan, China, Phytomedical used in West Bank, Palestine, Phytomedical use in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus, Phytomedical use in Korea, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana), Phytomedical use in Vietnam

Ingredients

 Alanine, alkaloid, Alpha-Linolenic acid, Arabinose, arginine, ascorbic acid, ash, Aspartic acid, Behenic acid, Beta-Sitosterol, caffeic acid, Calcium, calcium oxalate, Carbohydrates, Catechol, cellulose, chlorine, chlorophyll, citric acid, Copper, coumarin, Cystine, Digalactosyldiacylglycerol, Dopa, Dopamine, Eicosapentaenoic-Acid, fat, Ferulic acid, Fibres, flavonoid, folinic acid, fructose, Galactose, glucose, Glutamic acid, Glutathione, Glycine, Histidine, Hydrogen cyanide, iron, Isoleucine, Leucine, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Lysine, magnesium, malic acid, manganese, Methionine, mucilage, Myristic acid, Niacin, Norepinephrine, Oleic acid, Omega-3 fatty acid, Oxalate, oxalic acid, Palmitic acid, Palmitoleic acid, Pantothenic acid, Phenylalanine, Phosphatidylcholine, Phosphatidylethanolamine, Phosphatidylinositol, Phosphatidylserine, phosphorus, potassium, Proline, protein, Pyridoxine, resin, salt, saponin, Serine, sinapinic acid, sodium, Stearic acid, Sucrose, Sulfur, tannin, Threonine, Tocopherol, Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Valine, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, water, zinc, Β-Carotene

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0581

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