Plant |
Family | Heath family (Ericaceae) |
English |
Eastern teaberry, American wintergreen, Aromatic wintergreen, Boxberry, Canada tea, Checkerberry, Creeping wintergreen, Deerberry, Hillberry, Mountain-tea, Partridge-berry, Spiceberry, Teaberry, Wintergreen |
Latin |
Gaultheria procumbens LINN., Gaultheria humilis Salisbury, Gaultheria procumbens |
Plantparts | foliage, Oil of leaves, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Ache, Aches, Aching muscles, Adstringent, Analgesic, Anodyne, Antalgic, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Anti-neuralgic, Anti-Rheumatic, arthritis, Astrigent, astringent, Carminative, Carminativum, Chronic pain, Clears gas, Diuretic, Fart, Flatulence, flatulency, flatus, Gas, gastric catarrh, Gastritis, General inflammation, General inflammations, Herbal tonic, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammations, Inflammations in general, intestinal gas, Muscle pain, muscle pains, muscular pain, myalgia, Nerve pains, Neuralgia, Pain, painful disorders, Pain in the muscels, painkiller, pain relief, pain relieving, Pains, pains in general, pain stilling, Pick-me-up, Psychostimulants, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatism, sciatica, Sciatic neuritis, Stimulant, Stimulants, stimulating, Tonic, Used as a stimulant, wind |
Women's diseases |
Absence of a menstrual period, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, encourages menstruation, promote the onset of menstruation |
Foods |
Aromatic, Condiment, culinary, Culinary herb, Flavor, flavouring, spice, tea substitute |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical use in Brazil |
Ingredients |
| | 4-Hydroxybenzoic acid, Alpha-Amyrin, arbutin, Beta-Sitosterol, caffeic acid, Campesterol, ericolin, essential oil, Ferulic acid, gallic acid, gaultherin, Gentisic acid, Lupeol, methyl salicylate, P-Coumaric acid, salicin, Tannic acid, tannin, Ursolic acid, Vanillic acid, Β-amyrin |
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