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

Rev.11-03-2021

Japanese inula

Plant

English

Japanese inula, Xuan fu hua

Latin

Inula japonica Thunb., Inula britannica var. chinensis (Rupr. ex Maxim.) Regel, Inula britannica chinensis (Rupr.) Regel., Inula japonica Regel

Plantparts

Aerial part, capitulum, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Alterative, aperient, Assist healing of wounds, Carminative, Carminativum, catharic, Cathartic, Choleretic, Clears gas, Deobstruent, Expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, Fart, flatulence, flatulency, Flatus, Gas, good for the stomach, have weak nerves, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, Herbal tonic, improve the complexion, increase the bile secretion, intestinal gas, laxative, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, Nervine, Nervous atony, Nervous debility, Nervous lassitude, Nervous trophorestorative, neurasthenia, promotes healing of wounds, purgative, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, stomach atony, stomach debility, Stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, suffering from a nervous disorder, Tonic, Vulnerary, weak nerves, weak stomach, wind, Wound healing, Wound repair, Wounds healing

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: Large Intestine, TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, TCM MERIDIAN: Lung, TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Korea

Ingredients

 Cinnamic acid, Daucosterol, Isoalantolactone, Kaempferol, Luteolin, myristicin, Quercetin, stearin, taraxasterol

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn7081

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