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Field Bindweed | | Name : | Field Bindweed | | Synonyms : | Devil's vine
Field bindweed
Great bindweed
Hedge lily
Hsuan-hua
Lady's nightcap
Rutland beauty
Trailing bindweed
| | Parts Used : | Flowering plant, rootstock | | Habitat : | Grows in waste places, thickets, and cultivated ground in the eastern half of the United States and in all of Europe. | | Description : | Hedge bindweed is a perennial herbaceous vine; the trailing or twining stem is glabrous, angular, and from 3-10 feet long, growing from a creeping rootstock.The leaves are alternate, sagittate, on slender petioles.The flaring, funnel-shaped flowers are white or pink with white stripes and grow solitary on long, quadrangular peduncles from the leaf axils from June to October.
Another variety: Field bindweed (C. arvensis) is a creeping vine; leaves are arrow-shaped, lobes are sharp, not blunt, 1-2 inches long.Flowers are white or pink, to 1 inch long.Blooms June to September.Native Americans used cold leaf tea as a wash on spider bites;internally, to reduce profuse menstrual flow.In European folk use, flower, leaf, and root teas considered laxative.Flower tea used for fevers, wounds.The root is the most active part; strongly purgative.
Also, there is an herb called Wild Jalap (C. jalapa) very similar to the Hedge bindweed. | | Constituents : | Cholagogue, febrifuge, purgative | | Uses : | Used primarily as a purgative but it helps reduce inflammation of mucous membranes and reduces fevers.The powdered root or a decoction made from the plant is used for the above listed.The fresh juice should be taken in small quantities only; in large quantities it produces constipation.Like all strong purgatives, hedge bindweed is not for extended use. | | Dosage : | Decoction: boil 1 tsp. flowering plant in 1 cup water.Take 1 tbsp. at a time, as needed.
Juice: take 1/2 tsp., once or twice per day.
Powdered rootstock: take 1 level tsp., once or twice per day. |
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