Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.11-03-2021

Common woodsorrel

Plant

Family

Oxalis family / Wood Sorrel Family (Oxalidaceae)

English

Common woodsorrel, Alleluia, Cuckoo bread, Cuckowes meat, European wood-sorrel, Fairy bells, Hallelujah, Shamrock, Sour trefoil, Stabwort, Stickwort, Stubwort, Surelle, Three-leaved grass, Wood-sorrel, Wood sour

Latin

Oxalis acetosella Linnaeus

Plantparts

Dried plant, foliage, Fresh plants, Unspecified, Whole herb

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Ache, Aches, Acid indigestion, Adstringent, Analgesic, Anodyne, Antalgic, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Antifebrile, Anti-heartburn, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, antihelmintic, Antipyretic, Anti-scorbutic, Astrigent, astringent, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood-purifier, Cardialgia, Chronic pain, Cleanses the blood, depurant, Depurative, dispel worms, Diuretic, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, expel worms, Febrifugal, febrifuge, good for the stomach, Heartburn, helmint, Irritant, Mucolytic agent, Pain, painful disorders, painkiller, pain relief, pain relieving, Pains, pains in general, pain stilling, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyretic, pyrosis, reduce fevers, relieves fevers, scorbutus, scurvy, stomach atony, stomach debility, stomachic, stomach lassitude, stomach tonic, to cleanse the blood, treatment for worms, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, weak stomach, worm, worms

Women's diseases

Absence of a menstrual period, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Amenorrhoea, encourages menstruation, promote the onset of menstruation

Warnings

Poison, Poisonous, Toxic

Foods

salad

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

TCM MERIDIAN: NA, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil

Ingredients

 Oxalate, oxalic acid, potassium oxalate

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0219

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