Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

W WILD GERMANDER (Teucrium canadense L.) + Activities (Wild Germander) — Antiseptic (f; FAD); Diaphoretic (f; FAD); Diuretic (f; ...

W Extracts (Wild Indigo) — Isoflavones are estrogenic (PNC). Ethanol extracts stimulate phago- cytosis, raising leukocyte counts ...

W WILD MINT, BIBLICAL MINT (Mentha longifolia (L.) Huds.) +++ PH2 uses English Horsemint as the common name for this one. Activi ...

W extracts or populations rich in EOs may be a CNS depressant and somnifacient (TIB). EOs are antibacterial and antifungal. WILD ...

W (1; AAB; ZUL); Gas (f; CRC; WOI); Headache (f; ZIM; ZUL); Hepatosis (f; DAV); High Blood Pressure (1; CRC; JFM; TRA); Infectio ...

W Jaundice (f; DEM; FAD); Kidney Stone (f; FAD); Metrorrhagia (1; FAD); Nephrosis (f; DEM; FAD); Pain (f; DEM); Pulmonosis (f; F ...

W HHB); Rheumatism (f; PH2); Wart (f; HHB; JLH); Water Retention (f; WOI); Wen (f; JLH); Whitlow (f; JLH); Wound (f; PH2). Contr ...

W Activities (Wild Yam) — Analeptic (1; HHB); Analgesic (f; APA; FAD); Antiinflammatory (1; APA; PNC; WAM); Antioxidant (f; SKY) ...

W WINGED BEAN, ASPARAGUS PEA (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus (L.) DC.) ++ Synonyms: Botor tetragonolobus (L.) Kuntze, Dolichos tetr ...

W (f; KAB; SUW); Stimulant (f; KAB); Stomachic (f; KAB; KAP; SUW; WOI); Tonic (f; KAB; KAP); Vermifuge (1; KAB; WOI). Indication ...

W DAA); Gout (f; DAA; HHB; MAD; PH2); Hematuria (f; MAD); Hepatosis (f; MAD); Inflammation (f; DAA); Jaundice (f; DAA; HHB; MAD) ...

W PHR); Pain (1; APA; CRC; FAD; MAD); Pertussis (f; MAD); Pleurisy (1; PHR); Pleurosis (f; MAD); Pleurodynia (1; CRC; PHR); Rheu ...

W WITCH HAZEL (Hamamelis virginiana L.) ++ Activities (Witch Hazel) — Alterative (f; CRC); Analgesic (1; DEM; MAB); Antiaging (1 ...

W DEM); Tumor (f; BGB; CRC); Ulcer (f; CRC; HHB); Varicocele (f; MAD); Varicosis (2; KOM; PNC; PHR; PH2; SHT); VD (f; DEM; MAD); ...

W Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Wolfberry) — Class 2b (AHP). “Health hazards not known with proper therapeu ...

W Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Wood Betony) — Class 1 (AHP). None reported (PHR). Overdose may irritate st ...

W WOODRUFF (Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.) + Synonym: Asperula odorata L. Activities (Woodruff) — Antiaggregant (1; APA); Antibacte ...

W headache, nausea, and stupor (APA; PHR). Long-term consumption may damage idiosyncratic livers (PHR). Not allowed in German pr ...

W Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Wood Sorrel) — Not covered (AHP). “Haz- ards and/or side effects not known ...

W Pain (f; MAD; PH2); Palpitation (f; FEL); Pericardosis (f; MAD); Photophobia (f; MAD); Pinworm (1; MAD); Rheumatism (f; MAD); ...