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

Rev.11-03-2021

Toothache plant

Plant

English

Toothache plant, Brazil cress, Cress-of-para, Eyeball plant, Jambu, Paracress, Spilanthes

Latin

Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K.Jansen, Spilanthes oleracea L., Acmella oleracea (L.) R.K. Jansen, Spilanthes oleracea (L.) Jacq., Spilanthes oleraceus L.

Plantparts

Entire plant, Flower, Leaf, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

100-day cough, Abdominal trouble, Acute coryza, Acute viral nasopharyngitis, Ague, Aids digestion, Anaemia, Anaesthetic, Anemia, Anesthetic, Anti-anemic, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Anti-fatigue, Anti-gingivitic, Anti-gout, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-malarial, Anti-Paludic, Antiphogistic, Anti-Rheumatic, Anti-scorbutic, Antiseptic, Antiviral, Antiviral Agent, arthritis, A sore throat, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, bad digestion, baktericidal, benificial effect on the digestion, bladder stone, blood building, Blood cleanser, blood cleansing, blood formation, Bloodforming, Blood-purifier, chill, Chills, Cholelithiasis, Choleliths, chronic pulmonary catarrh, Cleanses the blood, Cold, colds, common cold, complaints of the stomach, cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cystolith, cystolithiasis, Dental Analgesic, Dental pain, depurant, Depurative, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, disease of the stomach, disinfectant, dispepsia, Diuretic, dog bites, dyspepsia, Enhances immune resistance, Eupeptic, exhaustion, expectorant, Expellant of phlegm, faintness, Fatigue, feebleness, Fungal infections, gallstone, Gallstones, Gastropathy, Gingivitis, goiter, Goitre, Good for digestion, Gout, haematopoiesis, Head colds, hematopoiesis, immune enhangement, Immune weakness, Immunostimulant, improves digestion, Imune activation, Imune stimulant, Indigestion, Infant's trush, Inflammation of the gum tissue, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth, inflammed gums, Languidness, Languor, Lassitude, Listlessness, loss of blood, Malaria, malarial fever, Marsh fever, Mucolytic agent, mycosis, Neckacke, pain in the throat, paradontosis, parodontal disease, Periodontitis, Pertussis, Poor digestion, positive influence on the imune system, Promotes digestion, Ptyalagogue, Ptysmagogue, pulmonary tuberculosis, Pulmonary tuberculosis TB, purify blood, purify the blood, Pyorrhea alveolaris, reduce inflammation, Restores the blood, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatic disorder, rheumatism, Salivation, scorbutus, Scurvy, Sialagogue, Sialogogue, snake bite, Snake bites, Sore throat, stimulates digestion, Stimulates the immune system, Stomach aliment, stomach complaints, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, stomach problems, Stomach trouble, Stomatitis, Stone in the gallbladder, struma, Thrush, tiredness, to cleanse the blood, toothache, trush, Used as an antiseptic, Used in the treatment of anaemia, Used in the treatment of anemia, Used in the treatment of cough, Used in the treatment of snake bites, vesical calculi, Vesical calculus, viral infection, Viruses, virus infection, Warming digestive, weakness, weariness, Whooping cough

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical used in Northeastern Brazil, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana)

Ingredients

 Cerotic acid, essential oil, fat, Phytosterol, resin, Tanning agents

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn8825

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