| Plant names |
| English |
Beggar's ticks, Blackjack, cobblers'pegs, Hairy beggar-ticks, Spanishneedles |
| Latin |
Bidens pilosa L. |
| Plant parts | Fresh leaves, Whole plant |
| Diseases & Uses |
| Diseases |
Abscess, Acrid, Aids digestion, Alterative, angina, Antibacterial, Antibiotic, Anticatarrhal, Anticonvulsant, Antidiarrheic, Antidysenteric, Antiedemic, Antigonorrhea, Antihemorrhagic, antimicrobial action, AntiRheumatic, Antiulcer, Astringent, Blood cleanser, Blood tonic, Carminative, Children's colic, cholesterol, colic, Common cold, conjunctivitis, Diabetes mellitus, diuretic, emollient, expectorant, Fatigue, fever, Fungal infections, Fungicide, Gastroenteritis, headache, hemorrhoids, Hepatitis, Hypertension, Hypotension, Icterus, Inflammation, laryngitis, Leucorrhea, liver diseases, Loss of appetite, malaria, migraine, pharyngitis, Pickmeup, Poisonings, relaxes the nervous system, scurvy, Sialogogue, Skin diseases, slimming remedy, Thrush, tonsillitis, toothache, tumor, vomiting, wound healing, Wounds |
| Women's diseases |
Aids milk flow in nursing mothers, Dysmenorrhea, Emmenagogue, Lactation, menstrual disorder |
| Foods |
tea substitute |
| Other uses |
Anthelmintics, driving out bedbugs |
| Contents |
|   | Acetylene, amine, A-Phellandrene, A-Pinene, Behenic-Acid, Beta-Amyrin, Beta-Caryophyllene, Beta-Sitosterol, bioflavonoid, borneol, calcium, capric-Acid, chalcone, elaidic-Acid, Esculetin, essential oil, flavonoid, Friedelin, Glucoside, isoquercitrin, Lauric-Acid, limonene, linoleic acid, linolenic acid, Lupeol, mucilage, Myristic-Acid, Nicotinic-Acid, Organic acids, Palmitic acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Phosphorus, Phytosterol, polyacetylene, Potassic salt, Quercetin, Salicylic acid, Silica, sterol, Stigmasterol, Tannic acid, thymol |
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