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

Rev.11-03-2021

Common soapwort

Plant

Family

Pink family (Caryophyllaceae)

English

Common soapwort, Boucing bess, Boucing bet, Bouncingbet, Bouncing-bett, Crow soap, Fuller's herb, Lady's washbowl, Latherwort, Soapweed, Soapwort, Wild sweet william

Latin

Saponaria officinalis Linne, Lychnis saponaria Jessen, Saponaria officinalis

Plantparts

Dried root, foliage, Herb, Leaf, Root, Unspecified, Whole plant

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abdominal bloating, Abdominal trouble, Accumulation of water, Acne, Acne vulgaris, Affections of the liver, Aids digestion, Alterative, Anti-acne, Anti-Bronchitic, Anti-diabetic, Antidiabetic activity, Anti-eczemic, Anti-edemic, Antifungal, Antifungal Agent, Anti-gout, antiinflammatory agent in digestive tract diseases, Anti-Lithic, Anti-Rheumatic, Antisyphilitic, Antitussive, aperient, arthritis, Asthenia of kidney, Asthenia of liver, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, biliary disorders, Bilious affection, Biliousness, Blackhead, Bloating, Blood borne diseases, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, blood problems, Blood-purifier, Bronchial catarrh, Bronchitis, Bronquite, buzzing in ears, Buzzing in the ears, care of the skin, catharic, Cathartic, Chest Pain, Chest Pains, Choleretic, chronically constipation, chronically skin disease, Chronic constipation, Cleanses the blood, Coloenteritis, complaints of the stomach, concretion, cough, cough depressing, Coughing, Coughs, Cough suppressant, Cutaneous conditions, Cutaneous Eruptions, cytocidal, Cytotoxic, depurant, Depurative, dermatitis, dermatological, dermatological complaints, Dermatosis, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, Diaphoretic, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, Disdorders of the bile, disease of the blood, disease of the gall, disease of the liver, disease of the stomach, disorder of metabolism, disorder of the kidneys, disorders of the liver, dispepsia, Diuretic, dropsy, dyspepsia, Eczema, edema, emetic, Enteritis, Enterocolitis, eruption, Eupeptic, excema, Expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, fluid accumulation, formation of calculus, fullness, Fungicide, Fungitoxic, fungus, Gall complaints, gastric catarrh, Gastritis, Gastropathy, Good for digestion, Good for skin, gout, haemolytic, hemolytic, hepatic disease, Hepatic disorders, hepatic problems, Herbal tonic, hidrotic, Hydropsy, Icterus, improves digestion, improve the complexion, increase the bile secretion, indigestion, Induce sweating, induce vomiting, Inflamed skin conditions, Inflammation of the digestive tract, inflammation of the skin, Intestinal affections, intestinal catarrh, intestinal complaints, intestinal diseases, intestinal disorders, intestinal problem, intestinal problems, irritates the skin, Itchy skin conditions, jaundice, Kidney Ailments, kidney complaints, kidney disease, kidney diseases, kidney disorders, kidney problem, kidney problems, Kidney tonic, Kidney treatment, kidney trouble, laxative, lithiasis, Liver ailments, liver complaints, liver diseases, Liver disorders, Liverishness, liver problems, metabolic derangement, metabolic disorder, Metabolic Disorders, metabolic disturbance, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, Nephropathy, oedema, pain in the chest, Perfect skin, pimples, podagra, Poor digestion, Problems of the blood, Promotes digestion, promoting metabolism, purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, rash, Rashes, Renal disease, Renal disorders, renal problems, Rheumatic arthralgia, rheumatic diseases, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, ringing sound in ears, Rubefacient, Scrofula, Scrofulosis, Sexual diseases, Sexually transmitted disease, Sexually transmitted infections, Skin-care, skin disease, Skin diseases, skin disorders, skin eruption, Skin Eruptions, skin inflammation, skin inflammations, skin problems in general, skin rashes, skin symptoms, skin tonic, sneezing powder, social disease, sore skin, Spots, stimulates digestion, Stimulates sneezing, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, Stomach aliment, stomach complaints, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, stomach problems, stomach trouble, sudorific, sugar diabetis, sweat-inducing, syphilis, tinnitus, to cleanse the blood, Tonic, Used in the treatment of cough, Used in the treatment of liver disorders, Venereal disease, venereal diseases, vomitive, Warming digestive

Warnings

do not self-administer

Other uses

cleaning, cleaning of cloth, Cosmetics, cosmetic use, detergent, laundry, Removes spots in clothes, Soap, Soap Substitute, soap substitutes, Used in cosmetics, washing, Washing clothes

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

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

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil

Ingredients

 essential oil, flavo-Glycoside, flavonoid, githagin, saponin, sugar

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0136

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