Mark Tierno's Medicinal Herbs Database |
Common sow-thistle |
Botanical Name |
Sonchus oleraceus |
System Affected |
abdominal |
Properties |
abdominal organs, liver, stomach |
Description |
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Origin |
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Notes |
also: california dwarf sunflower, lacy tansy-aster |
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Sunflower |
Botanical Name |
Helianthus annuus |
System Affected |
eyes, lungs, fertility, pain |
Properties |
eyes lungs male infertility (low sperm count) source amino acid arginine pain |
Description |
seeds of flower |
Origin |
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Notes |
source of phenylalanine |
Toxicity |
none |
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