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

Rev.12-05-2020

Common hogweed

Plant

English

Common hogweed, Cow-parsnip, Eltrot, Hogweed, Meadow parsnip

Latin

Heracleum sphondylium L., Heracleum sphondylium ssp. sphondylium

Plantparts

Oil, Plant, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Acute pharyngitis, Aids digestion, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-Bronchitic, Anticonvulsant, Anti-diarrheic, Antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Anti-epileptic, Anti-Tubercular, Aphrodisiac, Asthma, bad digestion, Bedwetting, benificial effect on the digestion, Betwetting, Bladder infection, Bladder infections, Bladder inflammation, Bronchial catarrh, Bronchitis, Bronquite, Calmative, Calming of nerves, Carminative, Carminativum, catarrh of the bladder, Clears gas, Consumption, Convulsion, Convulsions, cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cystitis, Cystitis acuta, diaorrhea, diarrhea, Diarrhoea, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, dispepsia, diuretic, Dyspepsia, enuresis, epilepsy, Eupeptic, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, Fart, Flatulence, flatulency, Flatus, Gas, Good for digestion, hysteria, Icterus, improves digestion, Increases sexual desire, Indigestion, inflammation conditions of the pharynx, inflammation of pelvis of kidney, Inflammation of the bladder, inflammation of the pharynx, Inflammation of the throat, intestinal gas, involuntary discharge of urine, Jaundice, kidney stone, Kidney stone disease, Kidney Stones, Love drug, MTB, Mucolytic agent, Nephrolith, Nocturnal enuresis, Pharyngitis, Phthisis, Phthisis pulmonalis, Phthysis, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, pyelitis, relaxes the nervous system, renal calculus, Renal stones, Sedative, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, stimulates digestion, Stones in kidney, TB, Tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, Tuberculosis, Urinary bladder inflammation, Urolithiasis, Used in the treatment of cough, Warming digestive, wind

Women's diseases

Abortifacient, Abortion, Abortive, Difficult menstruation, induce abortion, Menstrual problems, menstruation problems

Warnings

causes eczema

Foods

Sugar substitute, sweetener

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

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

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil

Ingredients

 Alpha-Pinene, essential oil, furanocoumarins, Methoxsalen, pimpinellin, Xanthotoxol

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0439

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