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Veronica (Speedwell)

Veronica virginica L

Names

History

Constituents

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Veronica virginica L
Culvers' Root
Bowmans' Root.


LINK HERE FOR THE NAMES OF NUMEROUS CULTIVARS AND WILD VARIETIES

This Veronica may be a cultivar from the Speedwell family. It is closely related to a widflower from which it derives its name,Veronica virginica L.


The wild plant is called Culvers' Root and is a popular Indian remedy, Bowmans' Root.

Its' botanical name (Veronicastrum) is derived from St. Veronica and astrum (star), after the leaf arrangement.

This is a North American native from "Massachusets to Florida and Texas" (I have seen it wild in Ontario) and will flower on varying ground from dry to rich and wet, preferably moist meadows and riverbanks.

It will propagate from the division of rhizomes in late Autumn, after flowering, or in mid-Spring.
Gum
resin
a phytosterol
verosterol
volatile oil
citric acid
mannitol
a saponoside
a volatile alkaloid
a bitter principle, leptandrine: to which the action is largely due.
Purgative
emetic
cholagogue
tonic
"Small doses are valuable as a stomachic tonic, in diarrhoea, dyspepsia and atony of the gasto-intestinal system.

Promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder.
Boiled in milk, it acts as a laxative; larger doses are purgative or emetic."

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Contra-Indications



In larger doses it acts as a drastic purgative and may cause vertigo and bleeding.

Ref: The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism, edited by Malcolm Stuart ; Orbis Publishing, London 1979

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To Companions Article: (Veronica Variens)




Main Entry: Cholagogue/ cho·la·gogue


Pronunciation: käl--gäg, kl-
        Function:         noun: an agent that promotes an increased flow of bile



Source: Medline Plus, Merriam Webster Med Dictionary Online


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