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

Rev.12-05-2020

Wild lettuce

Plant

English

Wild lettuce, Bitter lettuce, Great lettuce, Laitue vireuse, Opium lettuce, Poisonous lettuce, Rakutu-karyumu-so

Latin

Lactuca virosa L.

Plantparts

Aerial part, Dried leaves, Juice, Milky juice, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

100-day cough, Ache, Aches, Aching joint, Aching joints, Aching muscles, Affections of the liver, Aids digestion, analgesic, Anodyne, Antalgic, Anti-edemic, Antispasmodic, Arthralgia, Asthenia of liver, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, BloodSugar Reducer, Calmative, Calming of nerves, care of the skin, Chronic pain, convulsive state, cramp, cramps, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, disease of the liver, disorders of the liver, dispepsia, Diuretic, dropsy, dyspepsia, Edema, enteric fever, Eupeptic, Expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, fluid accumulation, Good for digestion, Good for skin, hepatic disease, Hepatic disorders, hepatic problems, Herbal tonic, High blood sugar, Hydropsy, Hyperglycaemia, Hyperglycemia, Hyperglycæmia, Hypnotic, improves digestion, Indigestion, Insomnia, Intestinal cramps, Irritability, irritates the skin, Irritation, joint pain, joints pain, Liver ailments, liver complaints, Liver diseases, Liver disorders, Liverishness, liver problems, lowering the blood sugar, lulling, Mild sedative, Mucolytic agent, Muscle Pain, muscle pains, muscular pain, myalgia, No medical use, no medicinal use, oedema, Pain, painful disorders, Painfull joints, pain in the joints, Pain in the muscels, painkiller, pain relief, pain relieving, Pains, pains in general, pain stilling, Perfect skin, Pertussis, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, promotes sexual desire, relaxes the nervous system, relax spasms, Rubefacient, sedative, Skin-care, skin tonic, sleeplessness, soothe, soothes nerves, Soothing, Soothing for irritating conditions, soporific, Spasm, Spasm of the bladder, Spasmolytic, stimulates digestion, tensions, Tonic, tranquilizer, Tranquilliser, tranquillizer, typhoid, typhoid fever, Typhus, Used in the treatment of liver disorders, Warming digestive, whooping cough

Women's diseases

menstrual complaints, menstrual disorder, menstrual disorders

Homoeopathically uses

homoeopathically use, Homoeopathically uses

Warnings

can cause allergic reaction, can cause allergic reactions, Poison, Poisonous, Toxic

Other uses

Narcotic, narcotic effect

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

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

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Showbak, Jordan

Ingredients

 alkaloid, asparagine, Beta-Sitosterol, Bitter Components, bitter latex, camphor, citric acid, essential oil, hyoscyamine, iron, Lactose, lactucerol, lactucin, Lactucopicrin, lactupicrin, malic acid, mannitol, Natural rubber, Organic acid, oxalic acid, Sesquiterpene lactone, Squalene, taraxasterol, Tocopherol, triterpene, Vegetable oil, Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin C, Β-amyrin, Β-Lactucerol

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0318

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