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Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) Certified Organic, 1lb
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The latex of wild lettuce was at one time sold as "lettuce opium," or "lactucarium," as it was called in the official pharmacopoeias of the day. Wild lettuce is a valuable remedy for insomnia and restlessness. As an antispasmodic, it can be applied as part of a holistic treatment for whooping cough and ry irritated coughs in general. It relieves colic pains in the intestines and uterus, and so may be used in dysmenorrheea. it also eases muscular pains related to rheumatism. Ther hrb has been used as an anaprhordisiac. David Hoffman Medical herbalism *
Unit Size: 1 pound
Properties: The sedative effect of wild lettuce is attributed to lactucopicrin and lactucin. The leaf also contains apigenin, luteolin, quercetin, coumarins, mannitol. The fresh leaf but not the dried herb contains hyosycamine, a chemical also found in henbane.
Actions: Nervine, anodyne, hypnotic, antispasmodic
Contraindications: may cause allergic reactions in people sensitive to plants in the Asteraceae family.
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Wild Lettuce, leaf and stem(Lactuca virosa) Certified Organic. Origin: Albania
- SKU MR1534
- Type Wild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) Certified Organic, 1lbWild Lettuce (Lactuca virosa) Certified Organic, 1lb
- Brand Mountain Rose
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