Chamedrys, Germander

Trixago minor
Kamazarius (Unani)
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Picture Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530

Picture Medical Botany, Woodville, 1810

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Botanical name:


Teucrium chamaedrys

Parts used:


Leaf; Flower

Temperature & Taste:


Warm, dry. Bitter.

Classifications:


2A APERIENT MEDICINES.    2C INCIDERS.    2G. CLEANSING.    2K. RESOLVENT
3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.    3G. EMMENAGOGUE
4f. SPLENETIC.    4g. HEPATIC.    4k. ARTHRITIC

Uses:


1. Clears Wind-Cold, Promotes Sweat, Resists Poison:
-protects against Infection during Epidemics
-Cold, Influenza, Cough
-‘good for Chronic Coughs’. (Galen)

2. Stops Wind, Benefits the Head:
-Continual Headache, Epilepsy, Melancholy, Lethargy, Drowsiness and Dullness of Spirits
-“Its syrup is useful in Convulsions” (Avicenna)

3. Clears Wind-Damp, Promotes Urine, Eases Pain:
-Edema
-Special for all Arthritic complaints; Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica etc.

4. Opens the Liver and Spleen:
-pain of the sides; abdominal cramps
-“Its syrup is very useful in indigestion” (Avicenna)

5. Moves the Blood:
-resolves congealed Blood and Bruising
-promotes Menstruation (Galen)

6. Kills Worms

7. External:
-creeping Ulcers, Hemorrhoids, Itch, Scabs, and Catarrhs.
-“Its use with honey cleanses the chronic Ulcers” (Avicenna)
–‘made into an Oil and the Eyes anointed therewith, takes away their dimness and moistness’. (Culpeper)
-applied to Insect Bites


Dose


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Correctives:


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Substitutes:


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Main Combinations:


Ground Pine & Germander

1. Arthritic complaints:
i. usually used with Ground Pine:
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d. Germander, Ground Pine with  … available in PRO version
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Major Formulas


Wine for Arthritis
Powder Against Joint Pain
Powder for Gout of the Duke of Portland
Antidote Proven for Hip Pain (Nicholas)
Antidote of Seven Things (Paulus Aegineta)
Pills for Arthritis

Cautions:


1. Potentially toxic. Do not overdose.
2. Not used in Pregnancy or young children.
3. Not used in those with Liver disease.

Main Preparations used:


Distilled Water of the whole plant, Conserve of the Flowers