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Golden Rod | | Name : | Golden Rod | | Botanical : | Solidago virgaurea | | Synonyms : | Verge d'Or. Solidago. Goldruthe. Woundwort. Aaron's Rod. | | Family : | Compositae | | Parts Used : | Leaves. | | Habitat : | Europe, including Britain. Central Asia. North America. | | Description : | The generic name comes from solidare, for the plant is known as a vulnerary, or one that 'makes whole.' It grows from 2 to 3 feet in height, with alternate leaves, of a clear green, and terminal panicles of golden flowers, both ray and disk. It is the only one (of over eighty species) native to Great Britain.
The leaves and flowers yield a yellow dye.
When bruised, the herb smells like Wild Carrot. | | Constituents : | The plant contains tannin, with some bitter and astringent principles. | | Uses : | Aromatic, stimulant, carminative. Golden Rod is an ingredient in the Swiss Vulnerary, faltrank. It is astringent and diuretic and efficacious for stone in the bladder. It is recorded that in 1788 a boy of ten, after taking the infusion for some months, passed quantities of gravel, fifteen large stones weighing up to 1 1/4 OZ., and fifty over the size of a pea. It allays sickness due to weak digestion.
In powder it is used for cicatrization of old ulcers. It has been recommended in many maladies, as it is a good diaphoretic in warm infusion, and is in this form also helpful in dysmenorrhoea and amenorrhoea. As a spray and given internally, it is of great value in diphtheria. | | Dosage : | 1/2 to 1 drachm of the fluid extract. |
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