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Indian Chickweed | | Name : | Indian Chickweed | | Parts Used : | The herb | | Habitat : | Found in abundance all over the world in gardens, fields, lawns,waste places, and along roadsides. A common European weed. | | Description : | An annual or biennial prostrate weed; the usually creeping, brittlestems grow from 4-12 inches long and bear opposite, entire, ovatesmall yellowish-green leaves. The small, white flowers can be foundblooming all year long in terminal, leafy cymes or solitary in theleaf axils. Petals are 2-parted, shorter than sepals. March to September.The taste is slightly salty. The seeds are eaten by poultry and birds. | | Constituents : | Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), biotin, choline, copper, inositol, PABA,fatty acids, mucilage, minerals, phosphorus, potash salts, rutin,silicon, sodium, and vitamins B6, B12, and D.
Alterative, astringent, antirheumatic, carminative, demulcent, emollient,expectorant, laxative, refrigerant, mucilaginous, pectoral, discutient | | Dosage : | Chickweed can be used fresh or dried.
Infusion: steep 1 tbsp. herb in 1/2 cup water. Take1/2 to 1 cup a day.
Decoction: boil 3 heaping tbsp. herb in 1 qt. wateruntil a pint of liquid remains. For constipation, take a cupful warmevery 3 hours, or more often, until the bowels move.
Tea: to be taken internally, steep 1 heaping tbsp.in 1 cup boiling water for 1/2 hour. Take 3 or 4 cups a day betweenmeals, a swallow at a time, and take a cup warm upon retiring.
Juice: take 1 tsp. to 1 tbsp., 3 times a day.
Capsules: take 1 capsule for up to 3 times daily. | | Myths : | There are about 25 species native and naturalized on the Americancontinent. The Native Americans used native Chickweed for many years,but also adopted naturalized species.
Considered a great nuisance by gardeners, but it can be used as afood like spinach. It may be used fresh, dried, powdered, in poultices,fomentations, or made into a salve. | | Nutrient : | Ascorbic acid (vitamin C), calcium, magnesium, potassium, and vitaminsB6, B12 and D. | | Sold : | Capsules, powder, ointment |
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