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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