Stoechas Stoechas, Stoechas CassidonieUstukhuddus (Unani) Arabian StoechasGart der Gesundheit, Cuba, 1485 StoechasOrtus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563 (Photo by Carsten Niehaus) (Wikimedia) Botanical name: Lavandula stoechasSalmon listed 5 varieties. Parts used: Flowers Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, pungent Classifications: 2A APERIENT.  2F. PURIFYING.  2H. CARMINATIVE.  2U. SUPPURATIVE3G. EMMENAGOGUE.  3M. ARTHRITIC4a. CEPHALIC.  4j. NERVINEPreparers and Purgers of Phlegm Uses: Moves the Qi, Calms the Liver: Depression, Nervous Headaches and Poor circulation from Liver constraint.Physical and Nervous exhaustion, Nervous Palpitations, especially in nervous individuals.as an aromatic Bitter to calm and regulate the Digestion.‘resolves all obstructions of the Liver, Spleen and other viscera’. (Salmon)Hysteria Clears Wind-Phlegm from the Brain: great cleanser and strengthener of the Brain (Unani)Mesue regarded it as a useful purge of Phlegm and Black Bile from the Brain, although slowclears Phlegm, opens obstructions and strengthens the Intellect.Melancholy, Insomnia, Epilepsy, Apoplexy, Paralysis and Lethargy.Chronic Sinusitis. Benefits the Heart: ‘cheers the Heart, revives the Spirits’ Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough: Cough, Bronchitis, WheezingSchroder said ‘In diseases of the Breast, it is as good as Hyssop’. Resists Poison: ‘a great counter-poison’ (Culpeper)‘resists Poison, and the infection of the Plague, and all other infectious diseases’ (Salmon)Bites of Rabid Dogs (acid tincture, internally…

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