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

Rev.11-03-2021

Common bird's-foot-trefoil

Plant

English

Common bird's-foot-trefoil, Baby's slippers, Birdfoot deervetch, Bird's-foot deervetch, Birdsfoot trefoil, Bird's-foot-trefoil, Common bird’s foot, Common bird’s-foot trefoil, Common birdsfoot trefoil, Garden bird's-foot trefoil, Trefoil

Latin

Lotus corniculatus L.

Plantparts

Aerial part, Flower, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Antifebrile, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, Antihelmintic, Anti-inflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Antipyretic, Antispasmodic, BloodSugar Reducer, Calmative, Calming of nerves, cardiac, Cardiac tonic, Cardiac trophorestorative, Cardiotonic, Carminative, Carminativum, Clears gas, convulsive state, cramp, cramps, dispel worms, expel worms, Fart, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Flatulence, flatulency, flatus, Gas, General inflammation, General inflammations, good for the heart, Heart restorative, heart tonic, helmint, Herbal tonic, High blood sugar, Hyperglycaemia, Hyperglycemia, Hyperglycæmia, inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammations, Inflammations in general, intestinal gas, lowering the blood sugar, Pyretic, reduce fevers, relaxes the nervous system, relax spasms, relieves fevers, restorative, resuscitant, sedative, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, Spasm, Spasmolytic, stimulating, Tonic, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, treatment for worms, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, wind, worm, worms

Warnings

Poisonous to cattle, Poisonous to sheep

Other uses

colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Soil conditioner, soil improvement, Used to dye different types of fibres

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Cyprus

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn1601

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