Plant Family:

Asteraceae

 

Habitat & Cultivation: 

 

Parts Used/Collection: 

Fresh whole plant or flower heads

 

Herbal Actions: 

• antimicrobial

• analgesic

• anti-rheumatic

• vulnerary

• anti-neuralgic

• anti-inflammatory

• rubefacient

 

Indications:

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Dose:

 

Contraindications: 

 

Plant Constituents: 

• Volatile oil

• Sesquiterpene lactones (helenalin)

• Flavoinoids

• Coumarins

• Nutrients: CHO (mucilage, inulin) Amines & Fatty acids

• Trace alkaloids

 

System Affinities: 

Gastrointestinal

Reproductive

Nervous system

Immune system

 

Energetics: 

 

Safety: 

 

 

Personal Experience:

 

Research:

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Frawley, D. & Lad, V. (2001). The Yoga of Herbs. Twin Lakes, Wisconsin: Lotus Press.

 

Gardner, Z. & McGuffin, M. (2013). American herbal products association’s: Botanical safety handbook (2nd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC press.
 

Hoffmann, D. (2003). Medical Herbalism. Healing Arts Press. Rochester, VT.

Mills, S. & Bone, K. (2005). The essential guide to herbal safety. London, England: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone