Plant |
Family | Borage Family (Boraginaceae) |
English |
Common gromwell, European gromwell, European stoneseed, Gromwell, Grummel, Lithospermum officinale, Pearl gromwell |
Latin |
Lithospermum officinale L. |
Plantparts | Seeds, Unspecified, Whole herb |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Antianginal, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, Calmative, Calming of nerves, Cleanses the blood, complaints of urinary system, Contraception, contraceptive, depurant, Depurative, disorders of the urinary passage, Diuretic, No medical use, no medicinal use, Oxytocic, problems in the urinary system, purify blood, purify the blood, relaxes the nervous system, Sedative, shatter stones, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, to cleanse the blood, Tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, Urinary diseases, urinary disorders, urinary problems, Urinary tract ailments, Urinary-tract diseases |
Women's diseases |
Abortifacient, Abortion, Abortive, induce abortion |
Foods |
tea substitute |
Other uses |
colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Ingredients |
| | lithospermic acid |
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