Life Root
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Botanical Name |
Seneico aureus |
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Family |
Asteraceae (Compositae) –Daisy |
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Other Names |
Golden senecio, squaw weed |
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Native to |
Britain, Europe, North America |
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Parts used |
Aerial parts, rhizome |
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Harvesting |
Just before the flower open in summer |
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Actions |
Astringent, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, pectoral, uterine tonic |
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Constituents |
Alkaloids including senecifoline, senecine, resins Pyrrolizidine alkloids –florosenine, otosenine, floridanine Eremophilane sesquiterpenes, trans-9-oxofuranoeremophilane-8-alpha-ethoxy-10alpha-H-eremophilane, caclol |
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Combines with |
St John’s wort, oats, pasque flower |
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Genito-urinary |
Leucorrhoea |