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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Ballota nigra |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Ballota nigra (Black Horehound)
| Botanic Name | Ballota nigra |
| Common Name | Black Horehound, Black Stinking Horehound |
| Family | Labiaceae |
| Parts Used | Dried Aerial Parts |
| Habitat | Waysides, hedgerows, and waste grounds throughout Britain, Europe, northern Asia, and naturalised in the eastern USA (Mills) |
| Constituents | Flavonoids (Mills)
Volatile Oil (Mills) |
| Actions | Anti-emetic
(Mills)
Relaxant (especially digestive tract) (Mills) Sedative (Mills) Mild astringent (Hoffmann) Emenagogue (Hoffmann) Expectorant (Hoffmann) |
| Applications | Vomitting
(especially during pregnancy) (Mills)
Nervous dyspepsia (Mills) Vomiting (where cause is in the nervous system) (Hoffmann) Motion sickness (Hoffmann) Normaliser of menstral function (Hoffmann) |
| Body Systems | Digestive, Nervous, Reproductive |
| Energetics | |
| Dosage | 1 – 4 gms
dried herb tds (Mills)
1 –2 mls tincture tds (Hoffmann) |
| Combinations | For nausea and vomitting Filipendula ulamria and Chamomila recutita (Hoffmann) |
| C/I Cautions | |
| BHP | Vomiting of central origin |