Fireweed PARVIFLORUM SMALL CUT FLOWER PLANT IPHYM Herb Epilobium parviflorum
Latin name: Epilobium parviflorum
Family: Onagraceae
Common Names: Epilobe small flowers, herb St. Anthony Wicker small flowers, fireweed calf.
Parts used: whole plant
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Properties fireweed PARVIFLORUM PLANT CUT
Fireweed contains mucilage, hence its use as an emollient and astringent, faith in the case of diarrhea and respiratory infections.
Indications and Uses of fireweed PARVIFLORUM PLANT CUT
It is advised to gargle to relieve inflammation of the mouth and throat.
The remarkable efficiency of the small-flowered willow herb (Epilobium parviflorum) against adenoma of the prostate and prostatitis is recognized in traditional medicine.
Dosage of fireweed PARVIFLORUM PLANT CUT
Preparation of tea: scald 1 teaspoon of herbs with 1/4 liter of water, let stand fast. Only drink 2 cups a day, fasting in the morning and one in the evening half an hour before bed.
Notice fireweed PARVIFLORUM
Other species of fireweed have therapeutic potential: pink fireweed (Epilobium roseum), fireweed mountains (Epilobium montanum), dark fireweed (Epilobium obscurum) leaved fireweed (Epilobium lanceolatum), the fireweed hills (Epilobium collinum), the marsh willowherb (Epilobium palustre) and Alpine Willow Herb (Epilobium fleischeri).
Botanical description of fireweed PARVIFLORUM PLANT CUT
It is a plant of 30-80 cm., Erect, softly hairy, strain truncated emits short rosettes of leaves.
Pharmacology Fireweed PARVIFLORUM PLANT CUT
Extracts of the plant are used in traditional medicine against diseases of the prostate, kidney and bladder due to their antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effect. It is shown that extracts of fireweed are capable, in vitro, to inhibit the proliferation of human prostate cells by slowing the progression of the cell cycle.