• Elecampane • Inula Helenium Scabwort ♦ Elfdock ♦ Wild Sunflower ♦ Horse-heal ♦ Marchalan | |
Source From Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887 - image processed by Thomas Shoepke | |
Scientific classification From Wikipedia | Iluna Helenium, Photo taken by Jean Tosti in 09/2004 who published [this photo] in Commons Wikimedia under under the license GFDL ver. 1.2. |
Kingdom • Plantae | |
Unranked • Angiosperms - Eudicots - Asterids | |
Class • Magnoliopsida | |
Order • Asterales | |
Family • Asteraceae Tribu • Inuleae | |
Genus • Iluna | |
Species • I. Helenium | |
Healing Powers ♦Alterative ♦ Aromatic ♦ Antiseptic ♦ Astringent Carminative ♦ Diaphoretic ♦ Deuretic ♦ Depurative ♦ Diuretic ♦ Hepatic ♦ Stimulant ♦ Spectorant Stimulant ♦ Stomachic ♦ Tonic ♦ | |
“Phyto-techniques” - Parts of the Plant Utilized for curative purposes ♣ Root ♣ | |
Traditionally or Folkloric Healing Applications • Asthma • Breath Shortness , Bronchitis • Catarrhal conditions • Coughs • Dyspepsia (Indigestion) • Fevers • Pulmonary complaints • Whooping | |
External Use Blemishes ♣ Sore ♣ Throat (Chew) | |
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John M. Kennedy T. © Non -derivatives - Non-Commercial by Share alike 2.5 and later 2009 |
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Herbal Power 2009 Edition: Elecampane Comes From the Tears of Helen of Troy
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