Plant |
Family | Myricaceae |
English |
Bog-myrtle, Candle berry, Sweet gale |
Latin |
Myrica gale L. |
Plantparts | Blossom, Bud, foliage, Leaf buds, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Acrid, Adstringent, Alopecia, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-eczemic, Antihemorrhagic, Antihæmorrhagic, antiparasite, Antiparasitic, Antiseptic, aperient, Astrigent, Astringent, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, baktericidal, Baldness, bathing, Bleeding Stancher, catharic, Cathartic, check bleeding, Constipation, Costive, Costiveness, Cutaneous Eruptions, Disinfectant, Diuretic, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, earache, Ear pain, Ear pains, Eczema, eruption, excema, favus, favus of the scalp, good for the stomach, haemostatic, hair loss, Hemostat, Hemostatic, herpes zoster, Hæmostatic, inhibit bleeding, Internal diseases, laxative, loss of hair, movements of the bowel, No medical use, no medicinal use, Otalgia, otalgic, pain in ear, parasite, parasites, Parasiticide, purgative, Rash, Rashes, Scabies, Seven-year itch, Shingles, skin eruption, Skin Eruptions, Skin itching (scabies), skin rashes, Stanches blood, staunches bleeding, Stiptic, stomach atony, stomach debility, stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, Stop bleeding, stops bleeding, Styptic, Used as an antiseptic, weak stomach |
Women's diseases |
Abortifacient, Abortion, abortive, Absence of a menstrual period, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, encourages menstruation, induce abortion, promote the onset of menstruation |
Foods |
Aromatic, Condiment, culinary, Culinary herb, Flavor, flavour beer, flavouring, spice, spice in aquavit, tea substitute |
Other uses |
against lice, Against mosquito, against moth, colouring, deters insects, Dye, dyeing, Insecticidal, insecticide, Insectifuge, Insect repellent, Lice, Louse, Pediculicide, repels insects, Used to dye different types of fibres, Used to treat lice (Pediculus humanus capitus) |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Ingredients |
| | essential oil, tannin, wax |
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