| • Common Chickweed • Stellaria Media Satin Flower ♦ Adder’s Mouth ♦ Stichwort or Stitchwort ♦ Scarwort ♦ Starweed ♦ Common Chickweeds ♦ Star Chickweed ♦ Mouse-ear Chickweed | |
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| 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) | |
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