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

Rev.12-05-2020

New jersey tea

Plant

Family

Rhamnaceae

English

New jersey tea, Jersey tea, Jersey tea ceanothus, Mountain sweet, Redroot, White snowball, Wild snowball

Latin

Ceanothus americanus LINN.

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Adstringent, Antihemorrhagic, Anti-hypertensive, Antihæmorrhagic, Antispasmodic, Arterial hypertension, Astrigent, Astringent, Bleeding Stancher, Calmative, Calming of nerves, check bleeding, convulsive state, cramp, cramps, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, haemostatic, Hemostat, hemostatic, high blood pressure, hypertension, Hyper tensive, Hæmostatic, inhibit bleeding, Lowers bloodpressure, Mucolytic agent, reduce blood pressure, reduce high bloodpressure, relaxes the nervous system, relax spasms, Sedative, Sexual diseases, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted infections, social disease, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, Spasm, Spasmolytic, Stanches blood, staunches bleeding, Stiptic, Stop bleeding, Stops bleeding, styptic, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, venereal disease, venereal diseases

Foods

tea substitute

Other uses

colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Soap, Soap Substitute, soap substitutes, Used to dye different types of fibres

Ingredients

 betulin, Betulinic acid

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn2708

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