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Bugleweed | | Name : | Bugleweed | | Botanical : | Lycopus Virginicus | | Synonyms : | Water Bugle. Sweet Bugle. Virginian Water Horehound. Gipsyweed. | | Family : | Labiatae | | Parts Used : | Herb. | | Habitat : | An American plant. It is a very common weed in North America, growing in low, damp, shady ground and flowering from July to September. | | Description : | Though a Labiate, it does not actually belong to the same genus as the British Bugles, but has certain points in common. From the perennial, creeping root, the quadrangular, smooth stem rises to a height of from 6 to 24 inches, bearing pairs of opposite leaves on short stalks, those on the upper part being toothed and lance-shaped, the lower ones wedge-shaped and with entire margins. The leaves are destitute of hairs and gland-dotted beneath. The flowers are in clusters in the axils of the leaves; the calyx has four broad, blunt teeth and the corolla is four-lobed, purplish in colour, with only two fertile stamens. | | Constituents : | It contains a peculiar bitter principle, insoluble in ether, another soluble in ether, the two forming more than 10 per cent of the whole solid extract, also tannin and a volatile oil. | | Uses : | Sedative, astringent and mildly narcotic. Used in coughs, bleeding from the lungs and consumption. The infusion made from 1 OZ. of the dried herb to 1 pint of boiling water is taken in wineglassful doses, frequently, the fluid extract in doses of 10 to 30 drops, and the dry extract, Lycopin, in doses of 1 to 4 grains. |
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