Liber Herbarum Minor (English)

Rev.05-10-2008

Beggar's ticks

Plant names
English Beggar's ticks, Blackjack, cobblers'pegs, Hairy beggar-ticks, Spanishneedles
Latin Bidens pilosa L.
Plant partsFresh 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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