Queen’s Delight
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Botanical Name |
Stillingia sylvatica |
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Family |
Euphorbiaceae |
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Other Names |
Queen’s root, yaw root |
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Native to |
North America |
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Parts used |
Root |
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Harvesting |
Root: after it has flowered in July |
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Actions |
Alterative, antispasmodic, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, laxative, sialagogue, tonic |
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Constituents |
Volatile oil, acrid acid, tannin Diterpene esters of the daphnane and tigliane type: prostatin, gnidilatin Fixed oil: gamma-tocotrienol |
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Combines with |
Burdock, cleavers, yellow dock, flag blue |
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Respiratory |
Bronchitis, laryngitis |