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

Rev.12-05-2020

Red spiderling

Plant

Family

Four-o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae)

English

Red spiderling, Scarlet spiderling, Boerhavia, Creeping spidering, Hogweed, Red boerhavia, Red spidering

Latin

Boerhavia coccinea Miller

Plantparts

foliage, Roots, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Abdominal trouble, Affections of the liver, Anti-hepatitic, antiinflammatory agent in liver diseases, Aperient, Asthenia of liver, Bladder infection, Bladder infections, Bladder inflammation, catharic, Cathartic, Choleretic, complaints of the stomach, Cystitis, Cystitis acuta, digestive disturbance, digestive upset, disease of the liver, disease of the stomach, disorders of the liver, diuretic, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, gastric disorders, Gastric Disturbances, Gastropathy, hepatic disease, Hepatic disorders, hepatic problems, hepatitis, Icterus, increase the bile secretion, indigestion, inflammation of kidneys, inflammation of the bladder, inflammation of the kidney, inflammation of the liver, jaundice, Kidney infection, kidney infections, Kidney inflammation, Kidney inflammations, laxative, Liver ailments, liver complaints, liver diseases, Liver disorders, liver inflammation, Liverishness, liver problems, movements of the bowel, Mucolytic agent, nephritis, purgative, renal pyelitis, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, Stomach aliment, stomach complaints, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, stomach problems, stomach trouble, Urinary bladder inflammation, Used in the treatment of liver disorders

Women's diseases

Leucorrhea, Leucorrhoea, Leukorrhea

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Northeastern Brazil, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn7446

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