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

Rev.11-03-2021

Stinking chamomile

Plant

English

Stinking chamomile, Chamomile, Chamomiles, Dog fennel, Fœtid chamomile, Mayweed, Mayweed chamomile, Mayweed chamomille, Stinking mayweed, Stinkweed

Latin

Anthemis cotula LINN.

Plantparts

Aerial part, Blossom, Entire plant, Flower, Herb, Leaf, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Adstringent, Anti-dandruff, Anti-diarrheic, antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Anti-emetic, Anti-fatigue, Antispasmodic, Antivomitive, Astrigent, Astringent, Bite, colic, convulsive state, cramp, Cramps, Dandruff, diaorrhea, Diaphoretic, Diarrhea, diarrhoea, Diuretic, emesis, emetic, Enhance the color of the hair, exhaustion, faintness, Fatigue, Febrile response, feebleness, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Herbal tonic, hidrotic, hysteria, Induce sweating, induce vomiting, insect bite, insect bites, Insect bites and stings, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, Listlessness, Puking, Pyrexia, relax spasms, Rubefacient, scabies, Seven-year itch, Skin itching (scabies), spasm, Spasmolytic, Stings, stopping vomiting, sudorific, sweat-inducing, Throwing up, tiredness, Tonic, Vomit, Vomiting, vomitive, weakness, weariness

Women's diseases

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

Foods

tea substitute

Other uses

against lice, Bedbugs, care of the hair, Cimicidae, colouring, driving out bedbugs, Dye, Dyeing, Hair cleaner, hair dye, Hair rinse, hair shampoo, Lice, Louse, Pediculicide, Used to dye different types of fibres, Used to treat lice (Pediculus humanus capitus), vermin

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in West Bank, Palestine, Phytomedical use in Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, Phytomedical use in Brazil

Ingredients

 alkaloid, Bitter Components, Dyes, essential oil, oxalic acid, salt, Tannic acid, valeric acid

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0868

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