Shepherd's-purse
Medicinal Uses. It is said that
- Astringent, haemostatic, coagulant and styptic - stops bleeding and is a binding agent that contracts blood vessels and organic tissue, reducing secretions or discharges of mucous and fluid from the body.
- Shepherd's purse is a domestic remedy in the treatment of both internal and external bleeding and diarrhea.
- The tea is considered to be a sovereign remedy against hemorrhages of all kinds - in the stomach, lungs uterus and the kidneys.
- A homeopathic remedy is made from the fresh plant to treat nose bleeds and urinary calculus.
- Diuretic - it increases the volume and flow of urine which cleanses the urinary system.
- It helps abscesses and ulcerated conditions of the bladder and ureters, irritation of the urinary tract caused by uric acid or insoluble phosphates or carbonates, urine with white mucous discharge, kidney complaints and bedwetting in children.
- Stimulant - quickens the functional activity of the tissues by giving more energy - is a general tonic.
- Anti-cancer - folk remedy for cancer.
- It contains fumaric acid which has markedly reduced growth and viability of Ehrlich tumor in mice.
- Vasoconstrictor and cardiovascular - circulation equalizing herb that normalizes circulation, regulates heart action and helps high or low blood pressure.
- It has proven uterine-contracting properties and is traditionally used during or after childbirth and to ease menopause and difficult menstruation.
- It should not be used internally by pregnant woman.
- Anti-inflammatory - externally Shepherd's Purse is applied to bruises, limb or muscular atrophy, external muscular disorders, strains and rheumatic joints.
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