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Botanical Name |
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Teucrium canadense L. |
English
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American germander, Wild germander, Canada germander, Candad germander, Germander, Hairy germander, Wood sage |
Synonym(s) |
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Teucrium canadensis L. |
Family |
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Lamiaceae |
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General Info
| Description |
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A herbaceous plant which can reach 150cm in height (60inches). Stem is four sided, usually hairy though the degree of hairiness varies considerably. Leaves toothed, lanceolate or sometimes nearly ovate; arrangement is opposite. Flowers are irregular in shape, pink or lavender; blooms first appear in early summer and continue into early fall; the oddly shaped upper lip is split with the stamens and style protruding through the opening and arching over the corolla. The flowers are in a terminal spike. |
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Antiseptic, diaphoretic, diuretic and emmenagogue (tea made from the leaves) |
Pharmacology
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The plant is used internally for bronchosis, dysmenorrhea, dysuria, fever, hemorrhoids, oedema and intestinal parastites, and externally to dress cuts and wounds. |
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 James A Duke and Maryl Fulton. Handbook of Medicinal Herbs - 2nd Edition, P: 778, CRC Press July 2002.
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