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

Rev.11-03-2021

Cotton plant

Plant

Family

Malvaceae

English

Cotton plant, Cotton

Latin

Gossypium L., Gossypium sp. Linnaeus, Gossypium spp. L., Gossypium sp ., Gossypium spp

Plantparts

Oil from kernel, Root bark, Roots, Seed, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Anti-asthmatic, Anti-Bronchitic, Anti-dysenteric, Anti-Rheumatic, Aphrodisiac, arthritis, Asthma, Backache, Backpain, Back pains, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood dilution, Blood-purifier, blood thinner, Bloody flux, Bronchial catarrh, Bronchitis, Bronquite, Cleanses the blood, depurant, Depurative, digestive disturbance, digestive upset, dysentery, earache, Ear pain, Ear pains, gastric disorders, Gastric Disturbances, Increases sexual desire, Infant's trush, Love drug, lumbago, Otalgia, otalgic, pain in ear, purify blood, purify the blood, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, sores, throat infection, Thrush, to cleanse the blood, To thin the blood, Traumatic injury, trush, Wound, wound care, wounds, wound treatment

Women's diseases

Climacteric, ease menopausal symptoms, Erratic periods, Irregular cycles, irregular menstruation, irregular period, Irregular periods, menopausal problems, menopause, Regulate menstruation

Religion, Magic & Witchcraft

magical or religious use

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical used in Northeastern Brazil, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)

Ingredients

 (-)-Caryophyllene, 1-Hexacosanol, Alpha-Pinene, Arachidic acid, ash, Beta-Sitosterol, Cadinene, Calcium oxide, Camphene, Carbohydrates, Caryophyllene-Epoxide, cellulose, chlorine, choline, cyanidin, Delphinidin, Ergosterol, Farnesene, fat, Fibres, folinic acid, Gallocatechol, gossypol, Humulene, inositol, Iron oxide, Isoquercetin, Kaempferol, lactic acid, linoleic acid, L-Limonene, Magnesium oxide, mucilage, myrcene, Myristic acid, Niacin, Ocimene, Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, Pantothenic acid, P-Coumaric acid, pectin, Potassium oxide, protein, Pyridoxine, Quercetin, raffinose, resin, rutin, salicylic acid, Serotonin, Sodium-Oxide, Stearic acid, sugars, tannin, Tocopherol, Triacontanol, Trimethylglycine, Vegetable oil, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B8, Vitamin K1, water, Α-Phellandrene, Β-amyrin, Β-phellandrene

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0640

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