Plant |
Family | Borage Family (Boraginaceae) |
English |
Garden anchusa, Anchusa, Bugloss, Italian alkanet, Italian bugloss, Large blue alkanet |
Latin |
Anchusa azurea P. Mill., Anchusa italica Retz., Anchusa azurea, Anchusa italica |
Plantparts | Blossom, Root, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Anti-diabetic, antidiabetic activity, Antiobesity, Anti-obesity medication, antitussive, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood purifier, Cataplasm, Cleanses the blood, compress, corpulence, cough depressing, Cough suppressant, depurant, Depurative, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, fatness, fomentation, hidrotic, Induce sweating, obesity, Poultice, purify blood, purify the blood, Slimming, sudorific, sugar diabetis, sweat-inducing, to cleanse the blood, To lose weight, Weight loss |
Other uses |
colouring, Dye, Dyeing, Used to dye different types of fibres |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in Showbak, Jordan, Phytomedical use in Cyprus |
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