Healing Herbal Power VIII: Chickweed

• Common Chickweed • Stellaria Media Satin Flower ♦ Adder’s Mouth ♦ Stichwort or Stitchwort ♦ Scarwort ♦ Starweed ♦ Common Chickweeds ♦ Star Chickweed ♦ Mouse-ear Chickweed
Illustration from: Projekt Runeberg: Bilder ur Nordens Flora ♦ Author: C. A. M. Lindman, died 1928. Published 1917–1926. The copyrights have expired and this image is in the public domain
Scientific classification From Wikipedia	Photo: This image shows a macro photo of an only about 1 cm small Chickweed blossom This photo has been licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License. It was taken on 04-16-05 by photographer Author André Karwath [aka Aka.]
Kingdom • Plantae
Division • Magnoliophyta
Class • Magnoliopsida
Order • Caryophyllales
Family • Caryophyllaceae
Genus • Stellaria
Species • S. Media
Healing Powers ♦ Alterative ♦ Demulcent ♦ Discutient ♦ Mucilaginous ♦ Pectoral ♦ Refrigerant ♦ Resolvent ♦
“Phyto-techniques” - Parts of the Plant Utilized ♣ Herb ♣
Traditionally or Folkloric Healing Applications Bronchitis • Blood Disorders • Blood Poisoning (Tea combination with poultice) • Colds • Coughs • Constipations • Hoarseness • Inflammation (Bowels, Stomach, Lungs, Bronchial Tubes) • Pleurisy
External Use Skin diseases ♠ Boils ♠ Scalds ♠ Burns ♠ Inflamed sore eyes ♠ Tumors ♠ Piles ♠ Ulcerated throat (gargle)