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Vaccaria segetalis  Garcke

   

Botanical Name

:

Vaccaria segetalis Garcke

English Name

:

Cow cockle, Cow soapwort, Cowherb

Synonym(s)

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Vaccaria hispanica (Miller) Rauschert, Vaccaria pyramidata Medik., Vaccaria vaccaria (L.) Britton, nom. inval., Vaccaria vulgaris Host , Vaccaria parviflora Moench, Saponaria vaccaria L.

Family

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Caryophyllaceae

 

General Info

Description

Plants 30-70 cm tall. Stems gray-green, apically branched, glabrous. Leaves 3-9 × 1.5-4 cm, apex acute. Bracts lanceolate, midvein green. Calyx green, 1-1.5 cm × 5-10 mm, 5-angled, submembranous between angles; calyx teeth triangular, margin scarious; globose in fruit. Petals 1.4-1.7 cm × 2-3 mm; claw greenish, narrowly cuneate; limb pink, emarginate, sometimes erose. Stamens included. Styles slightly exserted. Capsule 8-10 mm. Seeds red-brown to black, ca. 2 mm, granulate.

Herb Effects

Anodyne, discutient, diuretic, emmenagogue, galactogogue, styptic and vulnerary (seed); febrifuge and tonic (plant sap)

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Medicinal Use

A decoction of seeds is used to treat skin problems, breast tumours, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, testitis, deficiency of lactation and sluggish labour. The plant sap s used in the treatment of long-continued fevers of a low type. The plant is used externally to cure itch.

Contraindication

Contraindicated during pregnancy.

Reference

Jing-Nuan Wu. An Illustrated Chinese Materia Medica. P: 650, Oxford University Press, Inc.2005.

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