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Tall Speedwell | | Name : | Tall Speedwell | | Synonyms : | Beaumont root
Bowman's root
Culver's physic
Culver's root
Hini
Leptandra
Oxadoddy
Physic root
Purple leptandra
Tall speedwell
Tall veronica
Whorlywort
| | Parts Used : | Root | | Habitat : | Native to the United States, grows in moist soil, moist woods, and swamps from New England to Minnesota and south to Kansas. | | Description : | Black root is a perennial plant; the slender, simple,straight, smooth, herbaceous stem grows 2-5 feet tall from a horizontal, woody rootstock.The lanceolate, finely serrate leaves grow in whorls of 4-7; and the tiny white (or purple) flowers are tubes, nearly sessile, and very numerous, grow in panicled spikes, calyx, four-parted corolla, small and nearly white; two projecting stamens on showy spikes.The fruit is an oblong-ovate, flattened, many-seeded capsule. | | Constituents : | Lepthandrin in root
Cathartic, cholagogue, emetic, hepatic, alterative, tonic, antiseptic | | Uses : | Use cautiously.The infusion of the dried root used for sluggish conditions of the liver.The root is a cathartic for chronic constipation, and chronic Hepatic diseases.Used effectively for pleurisy, stimulating vomiting, diuretic,and some forms of dyspepsia.Cathartic for dysentery.Used, also, as a blood purifier or tonic. | | Dosage : | Not recommended for use without medical supervision.
Infusion: use 1 tsp. dried root to 1 cup boiling water.Steep for 30 minutes.Take in 3 equal parts, before each meal.
Tincture: take 2-4 drops in water.
Formula for Liver Disorders:
1 oz. Black root (Leptandra virginica)
2 oz. Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)
2 oz. Senna (Cassia marilandica)
2 pints of distilled or boiled water
Reduce water to 1 pint by boiling.Take 2 tbsp. 3-4 times a day increasing the quantity if it fails to operate gently, or decreasing if it operates too much. | | Safety : | The fresh root is too toxic to use safely.Dried root should be used.Not recommended for use without medical supervision. | | Myths : | Lepthandrin is the extract made from the root; it should be used in lesser amounts, from 1/4-1 grain, adjusting according to age and case.Dose of the powder, as a cathartic, 20-40 grains. |
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