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HERB  ALLEY


 

Wood Betony
(Betonica officinalis)

COMMON NAMES:  Lousewort, betony.

MEDICINAL PARTS:  The leaves.

DESCRIPTION:  Aperient, stomachache, nervine, tonic, ant scorbutic.

PROPERTIES AND USES:  Wood Betony is excellent for headache, insanity, neuralgia, all pains in the head or face, heartburn, indigestion, cramps in the stomach, jaundice, palsy, convulsions, gout, colic pains, all bilious and nervous complaints, dropsy, colds, la grippe, consumption worms, delerium, poisonous snakes, insect bites.  Open obstructions of liver and spleen.  More effective than quinine.

PREPARATION AND DOSAGE:  2 parts wood betony, 1 part scullcap, and 1 part calamus root