Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

(Nandana) #1

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Indications (Mother of Thyme) — Abscess (f; HH2); Adenopathy (f; JLH; MAD); Angina (f;
FAD); Arthrosis (f; MAD); Asthma (f; MAD); Bleeding (f; MAD); Bronchosis (2; MAD; PHR;
PH2); Cancer (1; COX; JLH); Cancer, colon (1; COX; JLH); Cancer, pituitary (1; COX; JLH);
Cancer, spleen (1; COX; JLH); Cancer, stomach (1; COX; JLH); Cancer, uterus (1; COX; JLH);
Catarrh (2; HH2; KOM; MAD; PIP); Chill (f; MAD); Chlorosis (f; MAD); Cholecystosis (f;
PHR); Cholera (f; MAD); Cold (f; MAD); Colic (f; MAD; PH2); Cough (2; FAD; HH2; MAD;
PHR); Cramp (1; FAD; HAD; HH2; PIP); Dermatosis (f; PH2); Diarrhea (f; PH2); Dislocation
(f; MAD); Dysmenorrhea (f; PH2); Dyspepsia (f; FEL; MAD); Enterosis (f; JLH; MAD);
Epigastrosis (f; MAD); Epilepsy (f; MAD); Flu (f; FAD); Fracture (f; MAD); Fungus (1; TAD);
Gas (f; MAD; PHR; PH2); Gastrosis (f; MAD); Hangover (f; MAD); Headache (f; MAD);
Hemicrania (f; MAD); High Blood Pressure (1; FAD); Hysteria (f; MAD); Infection (1; HH2;
TAD); Ischiosis (f; HH2); Itch (f; PH2); Leukorrhea (f; MAD); Mycosis (1; TAD); Nephrosis
(f; PHR); Neurosis (f; FAD; MAD); Pain (1; FAD; HH2; PH2); Pertussis (f; MAD; PH2);
Phrenosis (f; MAD); Respirosis (2; KOM; HH2; MAD; PH2; PIP); Rheumatism (f; HH2; PHR;
PH2); Scrofula (f; MAD); Sore (f; HH2); Sore Throat (f; FEL); Splenosis (f; JLH; MAD); Sprain
(f; PHR; PH2); Stomachache (f; FAD; MAD); Swelling (f; MAD); Toothache (1; FAD; PH2;
WOI); Ulcer (f; MAD); Uterosis (f; JLH; MAD); Vertigo (f; MAD); Vomiting (f; PH2); Water
Retention (f; MAD); Wound (f; HH2)
Dosages (Mother of Thyme) — 4–6 g/day herb (KOM; PH2; PIP); 2 tsp (~3.8 g) herb in hot tea
(MAD); 1.5–2 g drug/cup water (PHR); 1 g herb/liter filtered water, or 4 mg EO to bath (PH2);
5–15 g liquid extract (PH2).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Mother of Thyme) — None reported (PIP).
Oil is toxic and very irritant to the skin (FAD).

MOTHERWORT (Leonurus cardiaca L.) ++

Activities (Motherwort) — Allergenic (1; CRC); Analgesic (f; CRC; EFS); Antiaggregant (1;
PNC); Antiepileptic (f; HHB); Antiischemic (1; BGB); Antileukemic (1; BGB); Antipyretic (f;
CRC); Antispasmodic (1; APA; CRC; FAD; HHB); Antitumor (1; BGB); Antiviral (1; BGB);
Astringent (f; CRC); Cardiotonic (1; PNC); CNS Depressant (1; APA; BGB); Cytotoxic (1; BGB);
Diaphoretic (f; CRC); Diuretic (f; CRC); Emmenagogue (f; CRC; EFS; FAD; HHB); Expectorant
(f; EFS; MAD); Hypotensive (1; APA; BGB; FAD; HHB); Hypotonic (1; PHR; PH2); Laxative (1;
BGB; CRC); Lipolytic (1; PNC); Negative Chronotropic (1; PHR; PH2); Nervine (1; CRC; EFS;
PNC); Oxytocic (1; APA; BGB); Sedative (1; APA; CRC; FAD; PH2); Stimulant (f; DEM); Tonic
(f; CRC; EFS); Uterotonic (1; APA; BGB; FAD; HHB).
Indications (Motherwort) — Amenorrhea (f; BGB; CRC; FAD; HHB; PH2); Anemia (f; CRC;
HHB; MAD); Angina (f; HHB); Anxiety (f; APA; BGB); Arrhythmia (2, PHR); Asthma (f; CRC;
HAD); Bleeding (f; CRC); BPH (f; MAD); Bronchosis (f; PH2); Cancer (1; BGB); Cardiopathy
(2; APA; KOM; MAD; PH2); Cardiosclerosis (f; CRC); Catarrh (f; MAD); Childbirth (f; MAD);
Cholecystosis (f; CRC); Climacteric (f; HHB; MAD; PH2); Cold (f; BGB); Constipation (1;
BGB; CRC); Convulsion (f; CRC); Cramp (1; APA; CRC; FAD; HHB; MAD); Debility (f; CRC);
Delirium (f; BGB; CRC; MAD); Depression (f; BGB); Dysentery (f; CRC); Dysmenorrhea (f;
BGB; CRC; FAD); Dyspepsia (f; DEM); Dyspnea (f; MAD); Dysuria (f; CRC); Epilepsy (f;
BGB; CRC; HHB; MAD); Fatigue (f; APA); Fever (f; BGB; CRC; FAD); Gas (f; CRC; HHB;
PHR; PH2); Gastrosis (f; DEM); Goiter (f; BGB; CRC); Heart (f; CRC); Hematuria (f; MAD);
High Blood Pressure (1; APA; BGB; CRC; FAD; HHB); Hyperthyroid (2; APA; KOM; PHR;
PH2); Hysteria (f; CRC; MAD); Infertility (f; MAD); Insomnia (1; APA; CRC; FAD; PH2);
Leukemia (1; BGB); Menopause (f; CRC); Nervous Heart Condition (2; BGB; PHR; PH2);
Nervousness (1; APA; CRC; FAD; PH2); Neuralgia (f; FAD); Neurasthenia (f; CRC); Neurosis
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