Anchusa officinalis, Bugloss

Oshsenzung (German)
Picture Ortus sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

Picture Museum Museorum, Valentini, 1704

Picture Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578


Botanical name:


Anchusa officinalis

Parts used:


Root; Herb; Flower

Temperature & Taste:


Neutral, moist. Sweet, Bitter

Uses:


Use and Dose as for Borage

Substitute:


Borage

Main Combinations:


Often combined with Borage

1. Fever, Bugloss water, Plantain water, Syrup of Sorrel juice, Syrup of Pomegranate juice

Major Formulas:


Infusion of Senna and Flower with Spices (Mesue)
Common Decoction
Cordial Decoction (Florentini)
Cordial Decoction (French Pharmacopoeia)
Decoction for Catarrh (Alcalá)
Decoction for Chronic Heat-type Headache (Mesue)
Decoction of Fruit and Flowers
Decoction of Fumitory of Andernacus
Decoction to Expel Bile (Andernacus)
Decoction to Open the Body (Riverius)
Byzantine Syrup-Simple & Compound (Mesue)
Exhilarative Syrup (Laurent)
Syrup of Agrimony Mesue
Syrup of Balm (Fernelius)
Syrup of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Syrup of Fumitory Compound (Augustana)
Syrup of Fumitory Greater
Syrup of Mugwort (Augustana)
Syrup for Asthma (Wirtzung)
Water for Cancer
Confection for Dizziness and Vertigo
Confection for Impregnation (Renodeus)
Confection for Infertility from Cold
Electuary for Melancholy and Fear of Filius Zacharia
Electuary for Sadness and Worry
Electuary to Promote Fertility (Wirtzung)
Letificans Conciliatoris
Cooling Powder of Gems
Powder of Senna with Flowers (Mesue)
Powder to Cool the Heart
Powder to Strengthen the Heart (Wirtzung)
Powder to Strengthen the Memory
Troches for Heart Weakness
Ointment for Congealed Blood

Cautions:


Contains potentially toxic alkaloids.

Main Preparations used:


Conserve of Bugloss

1. Conserve of Bugloss flowers
  Bugloss flowers 1 part
  Sugar 2 parts
Beat them well together.