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

Rev.11-03-2021

Lilac or common lilac

Plant

Family

Olive family (Oleaceae)

English

Lilac or common lilac, Common lilac, French lilac, Lilac, Syringa

Latin

Syringa vulgaris L.

Plantparts

Flower, Fruit, Leaf, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Aids digestion, Anthelmintic, Anthelmintics, Anti-diarrheic, antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Antifebrile, Anti-gout, Anti-helminthic, Antihelminthics, Anti-helmintic, Anti-hiccup, antipyretic, Anti-Rheumatic, arthritis, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, Carminative, Carminativum, Clears gas, diaorrhea, Diarrhea, diarrhoea, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, dispel worms, dispepsia, Dyspepsia, Eupeptic, expel worms, Fart, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, fever, feverish condition, Fevers, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, Gas, Good for digestion, gout, helmint, Herbal tonic, hiccough, hiccup, Hiccups, improves digestion, indigestion, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth, intestinal gas, Mouth bath, Mouth rinse, Mouthwash, Mouthwashes, Oral rinse, Pick-me-up, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, Psychostimulants, Pyretic, Pyrexia, reduce fevers, relieves fevers, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, Stimulant, Stimulants, stimulates digestion, stimulating, Stomatitis, Tonic, treatment for worms, Used as a stimulant, Vermicide, vermifugal, vermifuge, Warming digestive, wind, worm, worms

Women's diseases

Anti-periodic, Interrupts menstruation, stops menstrual periods

Other uses

colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

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

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Cyprus

Ingredients

 4-Anisaldehyde, Acetoside, Alpha-Pinene, ascorbic acid, Benzaldehyde, Bitter Components, Cresol, essential oil, Farnesol, Hexanol, Hydroquinone-Dimethyl-Ether, Linalol, mannitol, Methyl eugenol, Methyl-Benzyl-Ether, Ocimene, rutin, Ursolic acid

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn4623

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