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Herbal Glossary | Medicinal Glossary | Herbal Preparations | Ayervedic Formulas | Chinese Formulas Scurvy GrassContents:Common Names | Parts Usually Used | Plant(s) & Culture | Where Found | Medicinal Properties
Scientific Names
Common Names
Parts Usually UsedLeaves
Description of Plant(s) and CultureScurvy grass is a biennial or perennial plant; the main root has many fibrous branch-roots and produces angular, furrowed stems as well as fleshy basal leaves. The basal leaves are oblong, reniform, or cordate; the scattered stem leaves are obovate to oblong and sessile or nearly so. Small which flowers grow in racemes from April to August. The fruit is a small, almost globose pod containing small, reddish-brown seeds.
Where FoundFound wild in moist places in northern Europe and the northern parts of North America and Asia; also found cultivated.
Medicinal PropertiesDiuretic, stomachic, tonic
UsesAs a source of vitamin C, scurvy grass has been used in the past to prevent and treat scurvy. Considered a good blood purifier and has been recommended for rheumatism, dropsy, and venereal diseases. The juice can be added to orange juice to make a healthful spring tonic.
Formulas or DosagesScurvy grass must be used fresh.
Nutrient ContentVitamin C
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American Folk Medicine
, by Clarence Meyer, Meyerbooks, publisher, PO Box 427, Glenwood, Illinois 60425, 1973
, by John Lust, Bantam Books, 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. copyright 1974.Copyright © 1996-2010 Lynn DeVries, all rights reserved.